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Annual Report2018

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On June 10, 2017, The National WWII Museum unfolded a new chapter in fulfilling its mission to tell the complete story of the American experience in the war that changed the world. On this day, the Museum opened its newest permanent exhibit, The Arsenal of Democracy: The Herman and George R. Brown Salute to the Home Front, which explores the events that led to our nation’s involvement in World War II, and how the war was won through the ingenuity and labor of patriotic Americans. Through the exhibit’s personal narratives and evocative artifacts, stories are told of how everyday civilians helped the United States become the world’s arsenal of democracy, and how World War II affected American culture, from rationing to the draft to civil rights.

Before the first visitors even entered The Arsenal of Democracy’s introductory gallery, they were introduced to a narrative that truly embodied the patriotic spirit of the millions of Americans across the Home Front: the story of the Brown Shipbuilding Company. A red and navy blue pennant flag—emblazoned with a large white “E” at its center—immediately grabbed visitors’ eyes at the exhibit’s entryway. The flag represents the great achievements of brothers and engineers Herman and George R. Brown, who together transformed their construction company Brown and Root into a massive production hub—called Brown Shipbuilding Company—capable of turning out high-quality ships at a rapid pace during World War II, despite the fact that the company had never built one.

The brothers’ “can-do” spirit inspired the men and women who worked at their newly created Brown Shipbuilding Company, the corporation’s collective endeavors turning out over 350 warships from its Greens Bayou shipyard in Houston. Less than 5% of companies involved in war production received an Army-Navy “E” Award, but Brown Shipbuilding Company received four for their great achievement, and this gifted flag flew proudly upon the shipyard’s mast. Not only did the flag serve

as a visible source of pride and inspiration for the workers who had earned it, but it also served as a growing symbol at other factories across the Home Front of how essential the nation’s civilians were to America’s victory. This theme of Americans’ perseverance and resolute spirit continues through stories revealed to visitors as they explore The Arsenal of Democracy’s nine galleries.

Following the opening of The Arsenal of Democracy, the Museum launched a series of initiatives to deeper examine the exhibit’s content. Throughout Fiscal Year 2018, Museum staff hosted various public programming events exploring the American Home Front, opened a special exhibit focusing on Louisiana’s role in the war, broadcast a distance-learning program about the African American experience in the war, and broke ground on a hotel and conference center named for famed New Orleans boatbuilder Andrew Jackson Higgins. For thousands of visitors, the American Home Front is now at the forefront of their Museum experience, whether in-person at the institution’s campus or via digital outreach.

Through this annual report, we look back at how Fiscal Year 2018’s milestones furthered the Museum’s mission to better engage and interact with current and new audiences. Its pages also visually track the journey visitors make through the immersive The Arsenal of Democracy exhibit itself, demonstrating how the Museum now teaches essential components of the larger war narrative—the road to war and how it was experienced and supported on the US Home Front. In its galleries, visitors learn about the efforts behind the production, innovation, and volunteerism that made Allied victories possible on battlefields all across the globe. In this Annual Report, readers will learn about the engines of investigation, imagination, and presentation that built unforgettable learning experiences for our audiences—through the Museum’s galleries and public programming, and in homes, offices, and classrooms across the country.

2018–2019 Board of Trustees

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Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002)

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C. Paul HilliardChairman

John E. Koerner IIIVice Chairman John D. GeorgesVice Chair

John M. HairstonVice Chair

James A. CourterImmediate Past Chairman

Ted WeggelandSecretary

Raymond J. BrandtTreasurer

Stephen J. WatsonPresident & CEO

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Herschel L. Abbott Jr.Richard C. AdkersonDwight W. AndersonClifford S. AsnessNorman R. AugustineBrandon B. BergerHon. J. Kenneth BlackwellDonald T. “Boysie” BollingerMichael S. BylenJames S. ChanosJames H. Clement IIIHenry L. Coaxum Jr.Ralph E. CrumpRichard L. DuchossoisWilliam A. GoldringCharles W. “Chip” GoodyearThomas A. GruberHunter G. HillC. Jeffrey KnittelH. Merritt Lane IIIAlan M. LeventhalRobert E. Smith Lupo James E. Maurin Markham R. McKnight Robert W. MerrickSuzanne T. MestayerMichael A. Morris Dennis A. MuilenburgDavid Nierenberg Jane T. OlsonRobert J. Patrick Sonia A. PérezRobert L. Priddy Todd RickettsWyatt G. RockefellerEdwin R. “Rod” Rodriguez Jr. Tracy L. Rosser Mark M. RubinJoe F. Sanderson Jr. Philip G. SatreRobert A. "Bobby" Savoie, PhDPeggy Higgins Sewell W. Gray StreamHenry SwiecaThomas H. TurnerAndré F. VilleneuveGovernor Christine T. WhitmanGovernor Pete Wilson

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Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller, PhD

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Harold J. BouillionLouis M. Freeman

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Col. Jack Jacobs, USA (Ret.)Maj. General James Livingston, USMC (Ret.)

The Museum’s Board of Trustees gathers at the entrance of The Arsenal of Democracy.

Letter from the Chairman of the Board

From ingenious discoveries to manufacturing efforts across the Home Front, in Fiscal Year 2018 the Museum’s galleries welcomed new stories and voices of the WWII generation. By incorporating this vital narrative into the Museum experience, we’ve stepped closer towards telling the full story of the American experience in the war that changed the world, and I’m excited to encourage our supporters to continue this journey with us.

Having started my tenure as Board Chairman on July 1, 2018, I am honored to help advance the efforts of my predecessor, Immediate Past Chairman Jim Courter, and I thank him for his dedication and work guiding our Board of Trustees. Through Jim’s leadership, the Museum gained national popularity and international recognition, with the 2017 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice® awards ranking the Museum as No. 2 in the nation and No. 2 in the world. By further enriching the visitor experience, new audiences took notice, and I couldn’t be more proud to help take our world-class Museum to its next chapter.

If you’ve visited the Museum recently, you know that construction is well underway on future campus additions, including the Bollinger Canopy of Peace, The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center, and the Hall of Democracy—which will house the Institute for the Study of War and Democracy and the WWII Media and Education Center.

With your support, the Museum’s final pavilion, the Liberation Pavilion, will be completed by 2021. Exploring the end of the war and its lasting legacies, the three-story pavilion will be the capstone to our campus and capture the last leg of our mission—what the war means today. As we move into this crucial period of completing our campus, we must remain focused on reaching our $400 million capital campaign goal and helping connect our supporters with available naming opportunities that offer a unique way to pay tribute to their loved ones who served our country, and help us share personal stories of the war with even greater audiences.

Beyond New Orleans, we continued to expand our educational travel program last year as we took WWII enthusiasts to the very sites where history was made. I was honored to experience the Museum’s inaugural Victory in the Pacific program in March, where guests explored historical sites from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima and interacted with WWII veterans, including Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams. Having served in the South Pacific myself, I was able to share with travelers the immensity of the theater and the importance of humor in the face of hardship.

Upon returning from the trip, commemorating the American spirit took center attention as the Museum held its annual American Spirit Awards in June. At the celebration’s capstone gala, philanthropist and WWII veteran Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg, US Senator John McCain, and Museum and veterans champion Gary Sinise were honored with the American Spirit Award, the institution’s highest honor. The memorable celebration surpassed our fundraising goal of $1 million, a feat made possible by the unwavering support of our entire Museum family.

Looking ahead, I’m thrilled to be part of future milestones, particularly this June when we commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day with two charter cruises to Normandy, a Museum-produced documentary, a new book authored by President & CEO Emeritus Nick Mueller, and an entire slate of programs at the Museum. It is sure to be a moving tribute to what remains the largest, most complicated invasion in history.

As always, I want to thank you—our friends and supporters—for your ongoing commitment to complete one of the most inspiring museums in the world. Together, our efforts will continue to soar.

The Arsenal of Democracy’s Manufacturing Victory gallery features sights and sounds of factory production, including disassembled machinery and interactive experiences.


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Letter from the President & CEO

Over the past 18 years, The National WWII Museum has been dedicated to building a world-class campus to honor and share the stories of the brave men, women, and children who all came together to contribute to the war effort and help secure the freedom we enjoy today. Their personal stories of service and sacrifice, tragedy and loss, ingenuity and progress, as well as celebration and inspiration continue to guide our efforts as we near the completion of our physical Museum campus in New Orleans and begin planning for our next phase of growth beyond bricks and mortar.

During this pivotal time for our institution, it is particularly fitting for us to have a WWII veteran leading our efforts as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. As a former radioman and gunner who flew 45 combat missions in SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers, Paul Hilliard deeply understands the urgency and importance of raising the remaining funds needed to finish our exhibit halls and expand our educational initiatives to reach even more students, teachers, and lifelong learners across the country.

Thanks to our great Board leadership and your generous support, the Museum made incredible progress toward reaching these milestones over the past year. We opened two special exhibits on Louisiana’s wartime contributions and the legacy of Bob Hope while also breaking ground on the Hall of Democracy, Bollinger Canopy of Peace, and The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center with all three dedication ceremonies planned for 2019. We continued to break visitation records—attracting 754,465 visitors this year and marking the 13th consecutive year of visitation growth. Over 62,000 students in classrooms across America also participated in our distance-learning programs, several of which highlighted the lesser-known stories of the critical roles that African Americans and Latinos played in the war.

Meanwhile, our Institute for the Study of War and Democracy along with our WWII Media and Education Center are fully established and already developing new programs that will help shape the future of our expansion efforts. This winter, we launched the nation’s first online master’s degree in World War II Studies with Arizona State University, and for the past year we have been partnering with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to assist in locating, identifying, and ultimately returning the remains of WWII veterans still unaccounted for. To help families learn the stories of their loved one’s WWII service, our staff historians and researchers have also introduced WWII Research Services to find and translate military records for the public. As time marches on, we understand that these programs and the entire mission of our Museum will only grow more important each day.

In this year’s Annual Report, we are proud to highlight our newest permanent exhibit, The Arsenal of Democracy: The Herman and George R. Brown Salute to the Home Front, which not only tells the story of why the war was fought but also celebrates the American spirit that inspired the can-do, all-in-this-together movement across the country. It is that same spirit that has made this Museum the success it is today. None of the efforts highlighted in this report would be possible without the dedication of our Board of Trustees, staff, volunteers, and growing number of supporters—now including over 176,000 Charter Members. Thank you for helping us reach these milestones and inspiring us to keep expanding our efforts to share the story of the war that changed the world.

The Citizens to Warriors gallery in The Arsenal of Democracy examines how the explosive growth of all military branches brought together Americans from diverse backgrounds in a common experience of military training.


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Mission Statement


The National WWII Museum tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world—why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today—so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn.

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Museum Unveils The Pelican State Goes to War: Louisiana in World War II

“Wasn’t it wonderful that women got a chance to work and earn, and bring some money into the house? That was marvelous.”

—Rosemary Elfer, Higgins Industries worker and Women’s Army Corps

On July 27, 2017, over 400 guests packed the Museum’s Louisiana Memorial Pavilion for the opening of its original exhibit The Pelican State Goes to War: Louisiana in World War II, presented by The Alta and John Franks Foundation. Museum Curator James Linn collaborated with historical experts across the state to create an exhibit illustrating Louisiana’s contributions to American victory during World War II. Highlights of the state’s efforts displayed in the exhibit included the Louisiana Maneuvers held in 1940 and 1941—when nearly 500,000 American troops trained for war throughout the central part of the state—in addition to Louisiana’s wartime manufacturing efforts, including Higgins Industries’s construction of more than 20,000 vessels and Thibodaux Boiler Works production of over two million artillery shells.

The exhibit not only told the story of Louisiana’s contributions to military training, civilian defense efforts, and wartime manufacturing—which far exceeded that of other states its size—but it also revealed the faces of Louisianans who were instrumental in Allied victory. Those highlighted included well-known figures, such as entrepreneur and boatbuilder Andrew Jackson Higgins, and those who worked tirelessly behind the scenes, like Delta Shipbuilding welder Beulah Dugas. Both played important roles in manufacturing naval craft necessary to win the war, and in helping

to change public perception about women and African Americans in the workforce.

The Pelican State Goes to War visitors learned how Higgins Industries’s seven plants throughout New Orleans were the first in the city to fully integrate a diverse workforce of women, men, African Americans, and Caucasians, all receiving equal pay for equal work. Dugas’s profile also exemplified how gender stereotypes in the workforce were changed during the war, the former seamstress becoming one of thousands of Louisiana women to take part in the wide variety of jobs in vital industries across the state. Altogether, the exhibit showed the role that Louisiana workers played in helping to power a massive effort to support the war through defense industries—despite any differences or hardships— which helped the state become a significant contributor in transforming the nation.

During the course of the exhibit’s run at the Museum, the institution hosted a series of free public programs that complemented the exhibit and educated the public about the multifaceted ways in which Louisiana contributed to the war effort, and how the war itself affected the lives of Louisianans. Made possible by The Alta and John Franks Foundation, the exhibit’s programming held a common connection with the Foundation’s namesake John Franks, who served in World War II and whose family members

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Listen to Rosemary Elfer’s full oral history at ww2online.org.


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Weekend War Games: Louisiana Maneuvers

—August 19, 2017

Dinner with a Curator: James Linn presents

“Louisiana and World War II”

—October 24, 2017

Louisiana in World War II:

Teacher Workshop

—November 4, 2017

Louisiana in World War II:

Teacher Professional Development Webinar

—November 8, 2017

A Veteran’s Story:

Paul Hilliard Shares His Wartime Experience

—December 6, 2017

The Pelican State Goes to War Symposium:

Uniquely Louisiana

—April 19, 2018

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experienced the war firsthand in their town of Haughton, Louisiana.

Displayed in The Joe W. and Dorothy D. Brown Foundation Special Exhibit Gallery, the exhibit ran through April 29, 2018, and will now travel to at least 10 cities across Louisiana, bringing the story of this critical part of the state’s history to the places where it happened. Through its journey, the exhibit will bring another chapter of America’s Home Front efforts to even larger audiences, joining the Museum’s other current traveling exhibits Manufacturing Victory: The Arsenal of Democracy and Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II.

Carole Cotton Winn joins more than 400 guests in the Museum’s Louisiana Memorial Pavilion for the grand opening of The Pelican State Goes to War. Winn provided remarks about artifacts from her father, Lt. Colonel William Davis Cotton, which are featured in the exhibit.

Higgins Industries worker Louis Lanza’s red hard hat is a featured artifact in The Pelican State Goes to War. Hard hats were an important piece of equipment for workers because of the dangers associated with constructing thousands of craft so quickly.

The Alta and John Franks Foundation is proud to sponsor The Pelican State Goes to War: Louisiana in World War II exhibit, which opened at the Museum in July 2017. After its run at the institution, the traveling exhibit made its first stop at the R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport, Louisiana, the hometown of The Alta and John Franks Foundation, in August 2018. The exhibit pays tribute to the role Louisiana citizens played in World War II. By engaging visitors through the exhibit’s interactive displays, oral histories, and artifacts, guests will have a deeper understanding of Louisiana’s contribution to victory in World War II.

The war made a huge impact on the life of a young John Franks. His story began in 1925 on a 50-acre Haughton, Louisiana, farm. The youngest of six children, Franks graduated from Haughton High School in 1942, and that same year, enrolled in Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, entering its School of Journalism as a budding young reporter. But his newspaper plans never bloomed as the call for young men in World War II reached Franks; he entered the service, becoming a bombardier and radar specialist.

Possibly spared by the surrender of Japan shortly before Franks was to be deployed in 1945, he returned to LSU. Franks decided to cancel his journalism plans and enrolled in the School of Geology, because of the job opportunities available at the time. However, he later discovered that the demand for geologists had minimized since his enrollment. Through perseverance and sacrifice, he built a successful oil and gas exploration business, which allowed Franks and his wife, Alta, to create The Alta and John Franks Foundation to pursue important community philanthropic opportunities.

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“The significance of that happening, just think, to be the honor man of a platoon, in a military organization where we weren’t wanted. And in spite of all of that, I still wanted to be the best.”

—Edgar Cole, Member of the Montford Point Marines, the nation’s first African American Marines who received basic training at Montford Point Camp, North Carolina

In Fiscal Year 2018, the Museum’s Distance Learning program explored the wartime experience of African Americans and Latino Americans. Through these educational offerings, students across the nation gained deeper insight into war-era racial injustices. By examining artifacts from the Museum’s collections and exploring WWII historic sites, webcast viewers were able to better understand the adversity encountered by victims of discrimination at home in America and the heroism of these individuals who helped shape our nation’s history.

On February 22, 2018, more than 40,000 students in 1,141 schools in all 50 states and Washington, DC, took part in the Museum’s live interactive Electronic Field Trip Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II. Produced in partnership with The National Park Service, the documentary-style webcast examined the major cultural, social, and economic shifts that played out in the lives of African Americans—both on the Home Front and on the battlefront—during World War II.

The Museum-produced webcast—geared for students in grades 6–12—was hosted by Rob Citino, PhD, the Museum’s Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian, and Damon Singleton, a Navy veteran and meteorologist for New Orleans NBC affiliate WDSU-TV. Together, Citino and Singleton explored how local black communities took part in wartime programs while intensifying their demands for social progress.

Also joining the production was Museum Distance Learning Specialist Shelbie Johnson and student reporters Mizani Ball and Maceo Carney, who throughout the webcast interviewed special guests about their personal struggles for first-class citizenship during the war. Carney interviewed National Park Service Ranger Kelli English and WWII Home Front worker Betty Reid Soskin at historic sites in California, giving students a chance to look inside the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial and The Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park. Johnson and Ball spoke with Tuskegee Airman George Hardy back at the Museum in New Orleans. During one segment, they specifically focused on the United but Unequal gallery in the Museum’s The Arsenal of Democracy exhibit, and examined the changes in discriminatory hiring practices during World War II after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802 in 1941.

In addition to sharing the WWII personal stories of African Americans, the Museum also presented the Virtual Field Trip Los Veteranos: Latinos in World War II to students throughout America during National Hispanic Heritage Month. Made possible through a gift from Pan-American Life Insurance Group, Los Veteranos connected classrooms to a live Museum educator who helped examine the significant impact that Latinos and Latinas made during World War II despite discrimination, from sacrifices made on

the battlefields overseas to manufacturing and agricultural efforts made across the Home Front.

The wartime movement toward social and economic equality for both African Americans and Latino Americans proved to be less transformative after the war, as the federal government’s interventions failed to completely break the persistent hold of racial discrimination. Yet, through the Museum’s Distance Learning program, students were able to gain newfound knowledge on the contributions made by all Americans during the war, and how the determination and extraordinary efforts of every American became key factors in the nation’s ability to secure victory.

The Museum’s Fighting for the Right to Fight Electronic Field Trip was generously supported by Paul and Didi Reilly in honor of Paul J Reilly, US Marine Sergeant, WWII, The Dale E. and Janice Davis Johnston Family Foundation in honor of Dr. Earle R. Davis and his service aboard the USS Tranquillity, the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Alan & Diane Franco, and the C. Jay Moorhead Foundation. Additional support was provided by Fabenco Founding Fathers Foundation and Anonymous. A collection of the Museum’s past distance-learning programs are available for viewing on demand at nationalww2museum.org/distance-learning-videos.

Listen to Edgar Cole’s full oral history at ww2online.org.


In spring 2018, Pan-American Life Insurance Group generously donated $1 million to the Museum in support of the institution’s Virtual Field Trip, Los Veteranos: Latinos in World War II. Through this free virtual experience, students throughout the nation were able to connect live with a Museum educator during National Hispanic Heritage Month.

As part of the Museum’s K-12 Distance Learning program, Los Veteranos explores the history of more than 500,000 Latino Americans—including 350,000 Mexican Americans and 53,000 Puerto Ricans—who fought in desegregated units throughout the European and Pacific theaters during World War II.

The Virtual Field Trip highlights wartime contributions made by Latino American men as well as Latina American women. Due to their bilingualism, many Latinas found important work in cryptology, communications, and interpretation, breaking through both gender and cultural barriers to serve their country. Thousands of Latino men and Latina women also supported the war effort by working on railroads, in mines, shipyards, and airplane factories, and as crucial agricultural workers.

Through primary source documents and oral histories directly from Latino and Latina veterans, students learn how these Americans overcame discrimination and adversity while serving their country and making significant contributions along the way.

In addition to bringing this important part of US history to students through Los Veteranos, the gift also sponsors the Pan-American Life Insurance Group World Map in the Museum’s Louisiana Memorial Pavilion. Standing 49 feet high and 28 feet wide, the dynamic, two-story digital world map educates visitors on the global expansion of Axis powers and the significant events that led to Allied victory.

Through Pan-American’s special gift, the Museum’s educational outreach efforts will continue to expand students’ understanding of the invaluable contributions of all Americans during the war that changed the world.

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65th Infantry soldiers after an all-day schedule of maneuvers at Salinas, Puerto Rico.

Student reporter Maceo Carney and Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest living National Park Service Ranger serving in the United States, at The Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California.

Distance-Learning Initiatives Help Share Stories of Struggle and Triumph

Summer Teacher Institute Explores Home Front Story

“I was sitting in a theater in Detroit, and suddenly the movie went off—everything went black. The manager came out, and he announced that the Japanese naval and air forces had attacked our naval base at Pearl Harbor, and it was just stunned silence. And then all of a sudden, there was a woman…stood up with the most bloodcurdling scream I’ve heard in my entire life. I will never forget it. And she started screaming ‘My boy! My boy! He’s stationed in Pearl Harbor!’ I’ll carry that to my grave.”

—Frederick Hollis, civilian

Throughout Fiscal Year 2018, production was underway on Volume 3 of the Museum’s curriculum guide series, From the Collection to the Classroom: Teaching History with The National WWII Museum. As thousands of students in classrooms around the country were benefitting from the first two installments from the series—Volume 1, focusing on the Pacific theater of the war, and Volume 2, focusing on the war in Europe—members of the Museum’s Institute for the Study of War and Democracy, Education Department, WWII Media and Education Center, and Marketing & Communications teams were developing content focused on the struggles and triumphs of the 116 million Americans who experienced the war on the Home Front.

Through this curriculum guide and its companion website, ww2classroom.org, educators from across the nation gain access to lesson plans, primary source materials, oral history videos, and other teaching aids to introduce their 7–12 grade students to the American experience of World War II through the eyes and words of those who lived it. Not only does the curriculum guide’s essays explain how the nation came together to solve complex problems created by the war, but it also describes the impact it had on the lives of everyday Americans due to wartime practices such as rationing, the draft, and segregation—social transformations that changed the country forever.

The guide also tells the story of how all Americans played a part in the Home Front war efforts, demonstrating a level of involvement, commitment, and sacrifice not shown in previous conflicts. As told in the guide’s essays “Becoming the Arsenal of Democracy,” “Gender on the Home Front,” and “The Double V Victory,” women and African Americans stepped up to the challenge to fill factory jobs previously held by young white men who had quickly filled the ranks of the US military instead.

By the war’s end in 1945, the United States had fulfilled President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s admonition to become the great arsenal of democracy. American manufacturers had turned out more than 96,000 bombers, 86,000 tanks, 2.4 million trucks, 6.5 million rifles, and billions of dollars’ worth of supplies to equip a truly global fighting force, all while challenging social-cultural perceptions and gender stereotypes. Through these accounts, students learn that without the sacrifices made by Americans at home, US soldiers, sailors, and airmen could not have fought and defeated our enemies abroad.

The curriculum guide was distributed in summer 2018 when participants of Team Home Front—the third cohort of the Museum’s Summer Teacher Institute—gathered at the Museum’s campus for the first day of an intensive one- week training program. Made possible through the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation— who supported the production of the Institute’s

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Listen to Frederick Hollis’s full oral history at ww2online.org and in the Museum’s The Arsenal of Democracy exhibit.


Kim Guise, the Museum’s Assistant Director for Curatorial Services, displays artifacts for Team Home Front— the third cohort of the Museum’s Summer Teacher Institute.

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curriculum guide as well—Museum and university scholars were able to bring the story of the Home Front to life for educators from around the nation. Teachers from 27 different states were selected from a competitive applicant pool of over 400 educators to visit the Museum and to be introduced to the third volume of the Museum’s curriculum series. The 30 participating teachers took the Home Front curriculum materials back to their local schools and districts to share with their peers this past fall, but more importantly, with their students.

The Museum is grateful to the Clark Foundation for supporting the third Summer Teacher Institute cohort, as well as the David I. Oreck Foundation for supporting the Museum’s first cohort, and the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation for supporting the second.

Thirty teachers from across the nation participate in the Museum’s 2018 Summer Teacher Institute, which is focused on the American Home Front.

Volume 3 of the Museum’s curriculum guide series—From the Collection to the Classroom: Teaching History with The National WWII Museum—will help teachers put the institution’s innovative exhibits and extensive collection of artifacts to work in their classrooms.

Museum’s STEM Programming Reaches New Heights in 2018

“Powerful enemies must be outfought and outproduced.”

—President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared in his Fireside Chat on December 9, 1941—two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor—that “every single man, woman, and child is a partner in the most tremendous undertaking of our American history,” communities all across the country united behind the war effort, performing all kinds of tasks to help the Allies, no matter how large or how small.

Contributing to those efforts were scientists, technicians, and inventors, who supplied a steady stream of new products that helped make victory possible. From businesses like Firestone, Goodyear, Goodrich, and US Rubber Company sharing patents and scientific information with one another so that they could help solve the nation’s rubber crisis, to young scientist Harry Coover discovering the active ingredient in Super Glue while searching for a clear plastic he could use to make gun sights, all played a significant part in helping the United States find the strategic goods necessary for fighting the war.

To educate the public about how science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) contributed—and advanced—in World War II, the Museum launched its STEM education program in 2012 and currently offers STEM education field trips and summer science camps to over 1,000 students annually. The Museum’s STEM Innovation Gallery, now housed in the

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John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion, offers visitors, educators, and students the opportunity to engage in tactile learning and exploration through hands-on experiments and authentic WWII macro-artifacts.

In addition to STEM learning opportunities for students, the Museum also offers STEM workshops and professional development programs for teachers through a curriculum aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Supported by a grant from the Northrop Grumman Foundation, the Museum hosts a weeklong learning program for middle school math and science teachers that explores key STEM concepts using actual WWII examples. In Fiscal Year 2018, 28 teachers from across the country were selected to experience the Real World Science Summer Teacher Seminar’s fourth cohort, which gathered in New Orleans in July to explore how necessity, knowledge, perseverance, and skill lead to inventions, innovation, and careers in STEM, just as they did in World War II.

Additionally, in May 2018, the Boeing Company pledged $1.5 million to support the Museum’s STEM initiatives, including the Museum’s annual Robotics Challenge, which will expand to a multistate regional competition, allowing a larger student population to develop problem-solving techniques through applied science and engineering. The donation will also lead to more staffing resources and three

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new interactive exhibits in the STEM Innovation Gallery: Gears and Generators, Internal Combustion and Turbochargers, and Exponential Growth of Bacteria.

Earlier in May, middle school students were already eager to put their innovative skills to use when the Museum held its sixth annual Robotics Challenge in the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. The competition attracted 37 energetic teams of 4–8 grade students—nearly 400 students and coaches—who all came armed with displays on WWII people, places, and objects in their community and with robots programmed to complete some of the 14 tasks on competition mats.

To coincide with the Museum’s most recent traveling exhibit, the Robotics Challenge theme was The Pelican State Goes to War. All participants gained firsthand experience using innovative 21st century skills and teamwork to

solve problems and find creative solutions—bringing to life a significant part of the WWII story.

In addition to Boeing, the Museum’s Robotics Challenge is also supported by Chevron, Motorola Solutions Foundation, and The Bruce J. Heim Foundation.

The Museum’s Robotics Challenge is an exciting opportunity for students to develop 21st century skills and participate in active problem solving all based on real-life scenarios from World War II.

Known today as the Northrop Grumman Corporation, Northrop Aircraft Inc. and the Grumman Corporation played vital roles during World War II by providing Allied troops with critical aircraft and supplies necessary to secure victory. The Northrop P-61 Black Widow along with the Grumman F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat, for example, were instrumental to air warfare in all theaters of the war. In fact, in 1942 Grumman Corporation earned the Army-Navy “E” Award flag for excellence in production, and in 1948 its founder Leroy Grumman was awarded the Presidential Medal for Merit for outstanding wartime production.

Given the company’s historical significance in World War II, it is particularly meaningful for The National WWII Museum to enjoy a long-standing partnership with Northrop Grumman Foundation. A grant from the foundation in 2014 enabled the Museum to establish the Real World Science Summer Teacher Seminar, a weeklong teacher professional development seminar hosted annually at the Museum. Each year, the program provides 28 5th–8th grade science teachers from across the nation the opportunity to learn how to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) in the context of the history of World War II. Using examples from the war, educators learn classroom activities that teach students science with hands-on experiences, design projects, and engaging real-world examples. Over the course of the following academic year, teachers are expected to share the Real World Science activities and curriculum materials with 28 or more school district colleagues and implement it in their classrooms.

In the first four years of Real World Science, the Museum has trained 109 teachers who have conducted workshops for more than 1,500 additional teachers, ultimately impacting more than 100,000 students nationwide. The initiative is part of the rich teacher professional development programming that Northrop Grumman and the Northrop Grumman Foundation have committed to in their STEM outreach and in their commitment to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4. The Museum looks forward to advancing its partnership with the Northrop Grumman Foundation in its fifth year, continuing to blend the importance of history lessons and STEM.

As the leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes, military aircraft, and space and security systems, in addition to serving as a provider of international services, The Boeing Company connects, protects, explores, and inspires the world. It also strengthens communities across the globe through the programs it supports and key partnerships, including with The National WWII Museum.

In 2018, Boeing pledged $1.5 million to support the Museum’s education and innovation programs aimed at advancing student knowledge in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math—collectively known as STEM. Through this gift, Boeing is recognized as a lead supporter of the STEM program in perpetuity in the institution’s STEM Innovation Gallery, helping to create more staffing resources and three new interactive exhibits within it. Additionally, through this gift the Museum’s annual Robotics Challenge will expand to a multistate regional competition, allowing a larger student population to develop problem-solving techniques through applied science and engineering.

As the manufacturer of the military’s famed B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing also donated $15 million to the Museum in 2010 to complete the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center, which opened in 2013. This collaboration helped make it possible for the Museum to provide visitors with pavilion-high catwalks to see up-close views of ceiling-suspended authentic aircraft, including a B-17E Flying Fortress, a P-51 Mustang, and the forward fuselage of a B-24 Liberator.

“Boeing is committed to moving the world through our innovative products and services, as well as our community investments and partnerships,” said Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, and member of the Museum’s Board of Trustees. “I’m proud of our longstanding relationship with The National WWII Museum and our Boeing team members who dedicate their unique skills and passion, along with their time and financial resources, to communities across the globe.”

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Museum Engages Audiences Through Home Front- Themed Events

“We had these great big drives to see which kids could collect the most pots and take them down to the schoolyard, so the military could come and take these truckloads of aluminum and make airplanes out of it. Sure, it’s a sacrifice, give away your best pots, you know, but it’s war: you just did it.”

—Robert “Bob” Gurr, civilian

Throughout Fiscal Year 2018, the Museum’s Education and Programming teams hosted a series of events at its campus to connect with audiences—from students to local history buffs to culinary aficionados—by exploring themes centered around various Home Front efforts, particularly rationing.

World War II put a heavy burden on US supplies of basic materials like food, shoes, metal, paper, and rubber due to the nation’s effort to aid its allies overseas. However, civilians still needed these materials for consumer goods as well. To meet this surging demand, the federal government took steps to conserve crucial supplies, including establishing a rationing system that affected virtually every family in the United States. Children also played a critical role in civilian defense, collecting scrap paper and metal for recycling, and even leftover cooking fats to be turned into glycerin for explosives and ammunition. Every civilian contributed in some way, and their united efforts ultimately helped make victory possible thousands of miles away.

To demonstrate the sacrifices that Americans made to aid these endeavors, the Museum held events and sponsored learning activities to display in real time what everyday life was like for civilians on the Home Front. Through fun and engaging programs, audiences got to taste and even see firsthand how these efforts affected lives and communities.

One of the more popular programs, Ration Wars, featured a fast-paced, Iron Chef-style, WWII-themed cooking competition, demonstrating to guests how civilians had to be quite inventive when it came to preparing nourishing meals when food was rationed and even basic items were scarce.

Even for those not able to make it to the Museum’s campus during the year, the institution offered myriad opportunities for students and educators to interact in activities centered around the country’s rationing efforts. Get in the Scrap! is just one example of these programs. A national service-learning project inspired by the scrapping effort of students during World War II, Get in the Scrap! offers students a chance to complete fun and educational classroom activities while learning important lessons about environmental stewardship.

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Liberty: The Louisiana Home Front through

Historical Fiction Student Webinar

—October 5, 2017

Higgins Reunion Day

—October 21, 2017

Dinner with a Curator:

Patrick Stephen presents “Baseball and World

War II: Playing Through the Years”

—March 20, 2018

Rosie the Riveter Day

—June 2, 2018

Garden to Glass

—June 13, 2018

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Josh Goodman, PhD, presents

“Victory on the Menu: Dining out in World War II”

—September 6, 2017

Charles Chamberlain, PhD, presents

“New Orleans Manufacturing: Simplex

Motorcycles and Higgins Industries”

—October 18, 2017

Edward Branley presents

“Krauss at War: Krauss Department Store,

Canal Street, and the War Effort, 1941–1945”

—January 3, 2018


Listen to Robert Gurr’s full oral history at ww2online.org.

“We used to have air raids, whereas before we used to have fire drills and they didn’t scare anybody because you could look up and see there was no fire. But when the air raids came, we didn’t get out of the building at all, instead they would put us under the tables in the cafeteria. And I remember thinking, ‘If I’m bombed, who will tell my mother?’ And I thought every time was the real thing.”

—Adelaide Benjamin, civilian

On March 16, 2018, guests packed the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion for a night of food, music, and fun to help keep the wheels of the institution’s restoration and preservation efforts turning. The evening’s celebration, Drafts for Crafts, was dedicated to the refurbishment of an authentic 1943 Ford-American LaFrance Fire Truck, which was donated to the Museum in April 2009. The multiyear restoration project will preserve the truck as a vital piece of WWII history and help Museum visitors better understand challenges on the American Home Front during wartime.

During the raid on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, one of the first Japanese targets was the fleet of brightly colored, red fire trucks, as Japan’s goal was to debilitate response efforts following the attack on the US Navy fleet. After that day, the military ordered all military fire trucks to be painted green to help prevent such future devastation. The Museum’s Ford-LaFrance, which was donated by Steve Owen of Pell City, Alabama, will be restored as an Army fire engine and repainted in its original green color.

Once the Ford-LaFrance is restored, the macro-artifact will help teach visitors about the innovative efforts used to solve complex problems on the Home Front, as well as the broad range of occupations and tasks needed to win the war. Throughout the war, the LaFrance Class 500 Fire Truck—manufactured by American LaFrance—was the most common

fire truck used on military posts to combat structural fires. They could be found on all types of camps and air bases, and several were even reportedly sent out to Tinian Island in the Pacific to provide fire protection for structures on the US airbase where preparations occurred for the atomic bombing of Japan.

Due to the high demand of fire trucks for the Army’s wartime fighting needs, the Quartermasters Corps—who constructed most fire equipment used at Army installations in the 1930s—turned to the nation’s fire apparatus manufacturers to supply the much-needed vehicles. By November 1941, the Army Corps of Engineers assumed responsibility for Army fire protection, and expanded the classification of fire equipment as new types of fire trucks were developed and placed in the field. Hundreds of contracts for fire apparatus and fighting equipment were awarded to fire-truck manufacturers. Once again, American industries stepped up to the nation’s efforts in meeting wartime defense and security needs, with almost 1,800 Class 500 Fire Trucks, for example, being produced for the Army during the war.

The Museum’s Ford-LaFrance brought many supporters out to this year’s Drafts for Crafts, all eager to see her restored to former glory. Organized by The National WWII Museum’s Young Benefactors, a committee of young professionals whose mission is

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Drafts for Crafts, an annual fundraiser organized by the Museum’s Young Benefactors, serves as a platform for the institution’s ongoing efforts to restore significant WWII macro-artifacts. In years past, the Benefactors used this signature event to help complete the restoration of PT-305.

Drafts for Crafts Helps Put History in Motion

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Listen to Adelaide Benjamin’s full oral history at ww2online.org and in the Museumʼs The Arsenal of Democracy exhibit.

to cultivate the Museum’s next generation of support, the event carried into the late evening hours with guests enjoying live music, samplings from local restaurants, and even a wine raffle. Guests also had the unique opportunity to preview the restoration project with Museum Senior Curator & Restoration Manager Tom Czekanski and local firefighters.

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With PT-305 now fully operational and back on its home waters of Lake Pontchartrain, Drafts for Crafts has shifted its focus to a 1943 Ford-American LaFrance Fire Truck, a macro-artifact in the Museum's collection that will be used to educate the public about service on the American Home Front.

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Soaring Efforts to Grow Museum’s Oral-History Collection

“My uncle Jack was a navigator on a B-17 Flying Fortress, flying 30 missions over Europe. He was a true inspiration in my life. When he passed away at the age of 90, it was comforting to know that his story was part of the Museum’s oral-history collection, and that he had the opportunity to visit such a remarkable institution."

—Gary Sinise, actor, humanitarian, and Founder of the Gary Sinise Foundation

The heart of the Museum’s mission is to share the full story of the American experience during World War II, from the voices of those who lived through it. From firsthand accounts of Pearl Harbor to the D-Day invasion to the Home Front, the collection and preservation of these invaluable and treasured stories helps expand the understanding of the WWII generation’s sacrifices, which were made to ensure the freedoms we enjoy today.

To collect these oral histories, two Museum historians travel across America to conduct interviews in the homes of WWII veterans, the resulting discussion becoming a permanent part of the Museum’s collection. These stories serve as an educational tool for Museum audiences, whether experienced through its exhibits in New Orleans or online through its digital collections. To help support these efforts, the Gary Sinise Foundation—founded by actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise—sponsors one of the Museum’s full-time historians to investigate and pursue possible oral-history leads provided by the Foundation. Through the Foundation’s support, the Museum is able to continue to grow its existing oral-history outreach program to record even more memories of WWII veterans.

In addition to collecting oral histories, the Gary Sinise Foundation partners with the Museum to bring groups of WWII veterans from around the country to visit the Museum in New Orleans several times every year. The Soaring

Valor trip includes a robust tour of the Museum, a hero’s welcome from the local community, entertainment, celebratory meals, and an opportunity for connecting with fellow veterans. Not only do these visits serve as an occasion to honor and recognize our veterans, but they also provide the chance to record their stories so they can be preserved and shared for years to come.

Since the Museum began its partnership with Soaring Valor in 2015, the program has made the following possible:

• 690 oral histories collected by historianssponsored by the Gary Sinise Foundation

• 14 Soaring Valor flights to the Museumand 62 individual trips, for a total of 392 WWII veterans visiting to date

In addition to veterans and their guardians, the program has also started bringing high school students along for the journey, offering them the unique opportunity to connect with WWII veterans. To date, over 140 high school students from four schools have traveled with Soaring Valor.

With support from donors and partners like the Gary Sinise Foundation, the Museum collected 293 new personal accounts in Fiscal Year 2018, with many more stories waiting to be uncovered: 150 accounts are expected to be added in Fiscal Year 2019. To date, the Museum’s collection holds nearly 10,000 personal accounts from the WWII generation.

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One of these personal stories was collected in 2018 during an unlikely encounter in the Museum’s newest permanent exhibit, The Arsenal of Democracy. Last spring, a fortunate group of visitors walking through one of the exhibit’s galleries received the rare opportunity to interact with an individual featured in that very gallery. On that special day, 96-year-old Grace Janota, a former Home Front lathe operator who worked at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas, during the war, was visiting her panel in the exhibit’s Manufacturing Victory gallery, which features a photo of her working at the lathe making parts for bomber engines.

During her visit, Janota was interviewed by Historian Hannah Dailey for the Museum’s oral-history collection, and also met with Assistant Director for Curatorial Services Kim Guise, to whom Janota presented a hammer she’d manufactured to add to the Museum’s collection of wartime artifacts. Following her interview in the gallery, a crowd gathered around Janota to hear her tell stories of her wartime life, experiencing the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear an oral history live, in person, and directly from the source.

Stories like Janota’s help the institution offer an intimate, up-close view of the war, providing visitors with a museum experience like no other.


The Soaring Valor trip experience includes entertainment, celebratory meals, and community building with fellow heroes. Students who accompany veterans carry on their stories with a new appreciation for the sacrifices made by an entire generation.

Home Front worker Grace Janota visits her panel in The Arsenal of Democracy exhibit.

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“It was the most enjoyment we’ve had—in fact, it is the only one.”

—From a letter written by Andy Stumpf to his mother, Mrs. A.A. Stumpf. Andy served with the First Marine Division and was killed in action on Peleliu soon after seeing Bob Hope’s troupe perform.

During World War II, the entire country sought to mobilize every available resource in the united effort to defeat our enemies. These endeavors also involved many famous Hollywood figures who were anxious to contribute to the war effort. One entertainer in particular—radio and film star Bob Hope—took his talents on the road to military camps and bases across the country and then around the world to perform for what became his most cherished audience: American troops.

To explore Hope’s unique place in the history of World War II and beyond, and the contributions he made that still reverberate more than 70 years later, the Museum brought his story to life on the evening of May 24, 2018, when it opened its special exhibit, So Ready for Laughter: The Legacy of Bob Hope. To celebrate the exhibit’s opening, the Museum welcomed more than 400 guests for a presentation and reception in the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion with special guest speakers Linda Hope, daughter of Bob and Dolores Hope and Chair/CEO of the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation, and Kim Guise, Museum Assistant Director for Curatorial Services.

Following the opening of So Ready for Laughter, the Museum launched a diverse series of free public programs to complement the exhibit, all supported by the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation, with special thanks to the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum. Programs

include a free film series in BB’s Stage Door Canteen featuring classic Bob Hope films, in addition to unique daytime and evening programs—from a family miniature golf tournament to a comedy-writing workshop—that spotlight Hope’s lasting impact on American popular culture.

After closing at the Museum in February 2019, So Ready for Laughter hits the road as a traveling exhibit that will tour the country, bringing Hope’s WWII story to audiences in as many as 10 cities over a three-year period.

Museum Debuts So Ready for Laughter Special Exhibit

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American Masters: This Is Bob Hope . . .

—October 12, 2017

BB’s Stage Door Canteen’s

On the Road with Bob Hope & Friends

—October 13 - November 26, 2017

Bob Hope Film Series, featuring:

Caught in the Draft

—May 14, 2018

My Favorite Blonde

—June 11, 2018

Monsieur Beaucaire

—June 25, 2018

Dinner with a Curator: Kim Guise presents

“On the Road with Bob Hope”

—June 26, 2018

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To tell the story of Hope’s major tours and travels during World War II, So Ready for Laughter features nearly 50 artifacts that draw from the unique collections of the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum and The National WWII Museum. Highlights include photographs of Hope taken by 8th and 9th Air Forces photographer Charles W. McCracken, which have not been previously published or displayed before this exhibit.


Linda Hope, daughter of Bob and Dolores Hope, visits the Museum’s special exhibit that honors her father’s wartime legacy.

American entertainer Bob Hope was one of the most significant stars of the 20th century, and his tireless commitment to supporting the men and women who served our country epitomizes the best of what our nation can be. Hope’s legacy is central to the story of World War II and vital to the lessons that The National WWII Museum teaches each day.

Recognizing this natural partnership, the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation began collaborating with the Museum in 2016 to introduce a comprehensive Bob Hope legacy program across and beyond the Museum’s campus. While the Museum’s special exhibit on Hope’s unique contribution to the American war effort, So Ready for Laughter: The Legacy of Bob Hope, is the capstone of these efforts, numerous other initiatives have shared Hope’s spirit of levity and patriotism with visitors young and old.

The annual Bob & Dolores Hope Summer Theater Camp has helped children aged 8–12 hone their skills in theater arts, while the Museum’s Skype in the Classroom program, A Call to Service: Bob Hope in World War II, has taught students across the world about the contributions of the Home Front during the war. The Bob Hope Dog Tag Experience has allowed visitors to experience Hope’s inspiring WWII journey while immersed in the Museum’s world-class exhibits, and the Bob & Dolores Hope Tickets for Troops program continues to provide free admission for veterans and their companions to shows at BB’s Stage Door Canteen. Additionally, an endowment from the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation ensures that the songs, style, stars, and spirit of the WWII era are brought to life each day through the Museum’s entertainment series.

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The Museum Breaks Ground on The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center

“The one man in the South I want especially to see is Andrew Jackson Higgins. I want to tell him, face to face, that Higgins’s landing boats such as we had at Guadalcanal are the best in the world. They do everything but talk; honest, they do.”

—Warrant Officer Machinist James D. Fox, quoted in The Shreveport Times, March 6, 1943

On December 8, 2017, the Museum and its Board of Trustees officially broke ground on The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center—a luxurious property that will feature 230 guest rooms and more than 18,000 square feet of conference space. Scheduled for completion in 2019, the development will support the institution’s expanding educational programs while offering Museum visitors accessible accommodations in the booming Warehouse District neighborhood.

The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center’s name reflects the contributions of the extraordinary entrepreneur Andrew Jackson Higgins, who designed and built over 20,000 boats in New Orleans that were used in every major amphibious assault of World War II. The unique property will be inspired by the war era and feature a striking art deco style designed by renowned architects Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates from Coral Gables, Florida, and Los Angeles interior design firm Kay Lang + Associates.

The Higgins Hotel will operate as part of the exclusive Curio Collection by Hilton, one of Hilton’s 14 market-leading brands. The daily operations of the privately-funded project will be managed by Hostmark Hospitality Group, and hotel revenue will help fund the growth of the Museum’s endowment and educational initiatives. The Museum looks forward to guests having the opportunity to enhance their visitor experience when the property celebrates its grand opening later this year.

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Andrew Jackson Higgins, the innovative New Orleans boatbuilder Dwight Eisenhower once credited with winning World War II.

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For Museum Trustee David Nierenberg, honoring the memory of the WWII generation serves as a personal tribute to his loved ones who fought bravely in World War II.

Nierenberg’s father, Ted, and his uncles, Jay and David, volunteered to serve during the war— Ted and David served in the US Navy in the Pacific theater, and Jay joined the American Field Service as an ambulance driver in North Africa and Italy. Although the brothers faced danger on land and sea, their stories ended happily. At war’s end, Ted and David enjoyed an improbable reunion as their ships berthed together in Tokyo Bay, and Jay survived his service as an ambulance driver, and married a Holocaust survivor he met while in North Africa— Inge Gutenberg—who escaped Germany the day of Anschluss.

Hearing his father’s and uncles’ stories from the war is an experience that Nierenberg hopes will continue for future generations. His wife Patricia also had three uncles who served in the war—John, Mario, and Andy Cambou—all born in the United States to 20th century French immigrants. “The Museum transforms the lessons of the past into guideposts for our future,” he said. “If we do not remain vigilant and prepared to fight for our freedoms—and if we do not lead the fight—we will dishonor the life lessons of our parents and grandparents.”

In addition to supporting the Museum’s endowment and educational mission, Nierenberg played a significant role in the Museum’s expansion endeavors through his efforts in spearheading a matching gift program in 2017 to kick-start fundraising for The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center. He also chairs the Museum Board’s investment committee and serves on the institution’s long-term strategic revisioning task force to develop plans for engaging future generations on the lessons of the war. “It’s important that we continue to educate all youth and adults that freedom is precious and worth fighting for,” he said. “This is why funding educational programs at the Museum is so tremendously important.”

D A V I D N I E R E N B E R GThe Higgins Hotel will be located on The National WWII Museum’s campus at the corner of Andrew Higgins Drive and Magazine Street. Scheduled for completion in 2019, the property will operate as part of the exclusive Curio Collection by Hilton, one of Hilton’s 14 market-leading brands.

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Construction begins on the Bollinger Canopy of Peace as the first pieces of zinc-coated steel arrive to the Museum’s campus. The steel is part of the structure’s massive 825-ton frame-and-truss system. Assembly of the Canopy is scheduled for completion in 2019—making it a towering addition to the New Orleans skyline.

The Bollinger Canopy of Peace is made possible through a generous 2015 gift from longtime Museum Trustee Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger (shown in photo standing center) and his wife, Joy (shown in photo). Designed by Voorsanger Mathes LLC, the Canopy will stand as the crown jewel over the campus, transforming the Museum’s visitor experience.

The Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust Lt. Col. Charles Everett, WWII Veteran Paul Hilliard, WWII Veteran

The John J. McArdle III and Joan Creamer McArdle Foundation

Alfred and Elizabeth Montalvo Adolph Hanslik, WWII Veteran Alfred Montalvo, WWII Veteran

Dan M. MorganMichael and Jovette T. MosingMrs. Dorothy Duval Nelson

Claude B. Duval, WWII VeteranHaig PapaianJohn U. ParoloJan and Rich PattarozziDr. Carl D. Peterson

Ken Meyer, WWII VeteranJohn and Lynn Raber

Mr. Dick Arnold, WWII Veteran Dr. Paul Raber, WWII Veteran

Mr. H. Lewis Rapaport Stanley Rapaport, WWII Home Front Arnold Strauch, WWII Veteran

Ms. Diana Rathborne J. C. Rathborne, WWII Veteran H. A. Wilmerding, WWII Veteran J. C. Rathborne III, WWII Home Front

Mr. and Mrs. Rex E. Ritchie Walter Harris, WWII Veteran

Harvey E. Rothenberg Joseph N. Rothenberg, WWI Veteran Robert Rothenberg, WWII Veteran

Capt. James S. Russell, WWII Veteran Lt. William H. Russell, WWII Veteran Col. Douglas Tilley, WWII Veteran Maj. William Tilley, WWII Veteran

Mr. Michael H. Russell Harold C. Russell, WWII Home Front

Mr. and Mrs. William P. RutledgeThe Wilson Sexton FoundationMr. John G. Turner and Mr. Jerry G. Fischer

Bert Silger Turner, WWII Veteran

Mr. Charles L. ValluzzoMr. and Mrs. Robert R. Wolf

Ens. N. Clifford Wolf, WWII KIAGerard and Martha Wyrsch

F. Richard "Dick" Brown Cpt. Fred R. Wyrsch, WWII Veteran

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Ron and Karen AdamsLouis John ArbizzaniMrs. Donna M. Asbill

H. T. (Hank) Miser, WWII Veteran Oral Jackson Asbill, WWII Veteran

Humphrey AthertonMs. Kathleen Ausley

Col. Jack Reiter, WWII VeteranCaptain Stephen M. Bailey

W. W. Stout, WWII VeteranWilliam P. Bakel, WWII VeteranRod Baker and Peggy PitreA. Frederick BanfieldMs. Andree Barsodi

John Michael Barsodi, WWII VeteranJames W. and Peggy A. Beisner

CPT William A. Beisner, USADr. Steven G. and Brenda BelielMajor Theodore A. Bell, USAF (Ret.)Lawrence Berkowitz

Samuel Berkowitz, M.D., WWII VeteranPaul BlackneyEmanuel BlesseyHarold J. BouillionJohn and Bonnie BoydCAPT Ronald W. Branch, USCG (Ret.),

WWII Veteran SSGT Frankie Joseph Jindra, USAAF (Ret.), WWII Veteran

Matthew S. and Julianne L. Brott

Mr. Kim Brown George Brown, WWII Veteran John Croup, WWII Veteran

Mr. John J. Brunetti Joseph Prisco, Jr., WWII Veteran

Colin K. and Kerry Hendon Buell CPT Justin Parker Buell, OEF Veteran L. G. Brown, WWII Veteran Marvin G. Kleypas, WWII Veteran Ralph L. Buell, Jr., WWII Veteran Loyal Brown, Vietnam War Veteran Walter Lee Hendon, Jr., WWII Veteran Ralph L. Buell III William G. Stokes, WWII Veteran Texas R. Flaniken, WWII Veteran

Burglass FamilyMs. Lynne Burkart

Harold Beaucoudray, WWII Veteran George Fank, WWII Veteran

Drs. Frank and Carolyn Burns Francis R. Burns, M.D., WWII Veteran

John B. Carter MSgt. Johnie T. Carter, WWII Veteran

Mr. Harvey R. Chaplin Sidney Chaplin, WWII Veteran

Dorothy M. ClyneMr. and Mrs. Thomas G. CoffeyTyrone J. Collins, M.D.

Dr. Limone C. Collins, Sr., WWII VeteranDr. Donald Clausing and Dr. Shirley Colomb

Charles Earl Colomb, Sr., WWII Home Front Merlin Louis Clausing, Sr., WWII Home Front

Mr. and Mrs. David A. CowanTerry CraigJeff and Wendy DahlgrenMr. and Mrs. James D. Dake

George H. Lester, Jr., WWII Veteran Dorothy "Dot" W. Lester, WWII Veteran Paul G. Dake, WWII Veteran

Laura Devendorf John Porter Stevens, WWII Veteran

James F. Dicke IIDimension Development Two, LLCMr. William Dinis

Richard A. Simmons, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. James K. Dobbs IIIMs. Susan Dorsch

Robert Ewing, WWII VeteranMr. Vincent Errante, WWII VeteranLTC Randy Everson, USA (Ret.)

1LT Lynn A. Everson, USA, WWII Veteran LTJG Bartlett S. Everson, USN, WWII Veteran

Mr. Dean T. Falgoust Stephen George Dolese, Jr., WWII Veteran J. B. Falgoust, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. FarnsworthMr. James H. Frauenberg

E. J. Connelley, WWII Veteran Loretta Frauenberg, WWII Veteran Howard Frauenberg, WWII Veteran

Robert and Dolores Freidenrich Anita Blum, WWII Veteran John Hatem, Vietnam War Veteran Sam Newman, WWII Veteran

Pam Davis Friedler Arthur Q. Davis, WWII Veteran

Marcus Frost Daniel Preston Frost, US Army Air Corps, WWII Veteran Rodney Brubaker, US Army Air Corps, WWII Veteran Clifford Alton Frost, WWII Veteran Kenneth Blacklidge, WWII Veteran

Jim and Sherree FunkLawrence and Ashley GarciaMr. Joseph P. Gehegan, Jr.Mrs. Elaine Goldsmith

Bram Goldsmith, WWII VeteranLTC and Mrs. Ronald M. GuibersonMr. and Mrs. James O. Gundlach

discipline that inspired and motivated me to ‘keep on keeping on’ regardless of obstacles,” Ron continued.

Becky’s dad, Lewis K. “Kenny” Phillips, was 14 years old in 1942 when he started working at what became known as “Atomic City” in Oak Ridge, Tennessee—a production site for the Manhattan Project. “Daddy literally worked from the ground up, helping to build the roads and dormitories, driving laundry trucks in the huge complex of 70,000 workers, and helping construct four of the major industrial facilities,” said Becky. “He later became a machinist apprentice and worked his way up to the position of foreman at the Y-12 plant for enriching uranium, the K-25 uranium separating facility, and X-10 nuclear reactor.”

Phillips retired from Oak Ridge and passed away at age 83, the oldest survivor of his unit. Like most Tennesseans who worked in Oak Ridge, also known by the nickname “Secret City,” he died still holding many secrets of his work on the Manhattan Project. Although Becky’s father was too young to enlist during World War II, she explains that her father’s “patriotism to do something for the

Ron and Becky Parker of Cornelius, North Carolina, have been Patriots Circle Members since 2009. After many travel tours on the beaches of Normandy, reading Stephen Ambrose and Tom Brokaw, and watching contemporary films like Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, they knew they wanted to be part of documenting and preserving the stories of the WWII generation, and The National WWII Museum hit all those marks.

Ron’s stepfather, John Johnson Jr., served as a Corporal in the 123rd US Army Air Forces in the European theater. While in Europe, he performed the invaluable service of cooking and preparing meals for thousands of American troops. “My stepfather returned home to Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in 1945, applying those skills that he first learned in the cooks’ and bakers’ schools in Fort Lee, Virginia,” said Ron. “I learned from him the importance of doing meaningful work, earning a good living, and being a respected, reputable citizen.”

Johnson also worked as a public servant and volunteer, becoming an example of citizenship to his family. “It was John’s work ethic and self-

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war effort on the Home Front taught me much about the importance of serving our country, our neighbors, friends, or strangers, whether it’s during the crisis of war or simply reaching out to those in need.” She remains very proud that her father served his country on the Home Front and that he played such an important part in ending the war.

The Parkers continue to support the Museum through Patriots Circle because they understand the urgency to capture the oral histories of those on the battlefront and the Home Front. “We appreciate The National WWII Museum for glorifying the fighters, not the fight,” concluded Ron.

The Museum’s Outreach Initiatives Inspire a New Home Front Generation

On June 6, 2018, The National WWII Museum commemorated the 74th anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Normandy and celebrated the 18th anniversary of its opening as The National D-Day Museum in 2000. In just 18 years, the Museum has grown from a single exhibit hall to a multipavilion institution with global impact. These efforts have not only shaped and expanded the institution’s exhibits and galleries for visitors, but have also taken the Museum experience to new frontiers of learning and access beyond its campus.

Through on-site and online Museum-produced educational programs, thousands of educators and learners across the country have engaged in a variety of WWII subjects. These programs range from webinars to summer teaching institutes to award-winning national Electronic Field Trips. To make these endeavors possible, the Museum’s Charter Members have helped support the institution’s expansion, as well as its educational outreach efforts. Through our Members’ ongoing support to increase student and teacher access to the Museum’s educational resources, the legacy and lessons of the WWII generation will continue to inspire future generations.

In Fiscal Year 2018, students across the country gained newfound knowledge about the struggles and triumphs of the 116 million Americans who experienced the war on the Home Front. Through various learning

experiences, students visited the Museum’s newest permanent exhibit The Arsenal of Democracy; learned about racial tensions and discrimination during the war at The Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California; and even got to interact with a Newbery Honor-winning author about her newest novel on race and war in WWII-era New Orleans. Although each student’s destination may have been different, they all embarked on their learning journey in the same vehicle: their classrooms.

As a leading educational resource, the core of the Museum’s mission is to inform and empower today’s young citizens so they can understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn. From distance-learning initiatives to a teaching institute for educators, the Museum brought the stories of the Home Front to life through the voices of those who experienced it. During the fiscal year, more than 40,000 students took part in the institution’s live interactive Electronic Field Trip Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II— 2018 winner of a Silver Telly Award for online general education—and 30 teachers enrolled to participate in the Museum’s Summer Teacher Institute seminar focused on the Home Front, their future discoveries to contribute to the Institute’s growing impact, which will reach 2,700 teachers and over 140,000 students by the end of Fiscal Year 2019.

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The Museum’s educational outreach efforts also expanded through additional online programs, from Virtual Field Trips to webinars to Skype programs, all incorporating stories about the Home Front’s challenges and victories. Programs included a live video conference on the nation’s rationing and war production efforts, and even a webinar on WWII innovation and problem solving. Collectively, the Museum’s distance-learning reach in Fiscal Year 2018 was momentous: A total of 62,675 students participated, which included 4,356 Virtual Field Trip, 6,664 Skype program, 11,539 webinar, and 40,116 Electronic Field Trip learners. Through these connections to history, the lessons of America’s WWII Home Front will continue to shape and inspire future generations.

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The Museum’s Electronic Field Trips are streamed directly into classrooms—no special technology required. Focusing on the national impact of World War II, students embark on a cross-country tour of historic sites while examining fascinating artifacts and exhibits.

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A Second Shipbuilder Leaves His Mark on the Museum

“We Americans walk big, we talk big, we think big….We think up giants. American giants still walk the American earth….This giant’s name is Andrew Jackson Higgins.”

—From a Radio Reader’s Digest program referenced in Jerry Strahan’s book Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats that Won World War II

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Bollinger Canopy of Peace was held outdoors at the Museum’s campus on March 28, 2018. The iconic structure, scheduled for completion in 2019, will rise 148 feet above the center of the Museum’s architecturally distinctive campus, bringing all of the buildings together in a way that embraces the stories told of the American experience in World War II.

Made possible through a generous 2015 gift from local shipbuilder Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger and his wife, Joy, the Canopy will help transform the arrival experience to the Museum by creating a magnificent entryway, instantly conveying the size of the campus and the soaring significance of its purpose.

“I’ve always said that we are going to build a world-class museum,” said longtime Museum advocate and Board Trustee Bollinger back in 2015, his gift marking the largest private donation in the Museum’s history. “Stephen Ambrose convinced me that this Museum was going to last for generations. My attitude is that we are going to take a little longer (to complete the campus) but we are going to do it right, and we’re going to build it to last.”

Bollinger’s remarkable career in shipbuilding and his bold reputation as an entrepreneur often prompt comparisons to a famous WWII-era boatbuilder, Andrew Jackson Higgins. Higgins Industries in New Orleans took the lead in producing thousands of the flat-bottomed landing

craft that made it possible for Allied forces to successfully invade enemy-held beaches in Europe, North Africa, and across the Pacific. It is because of Higgins that the Museum is located in New Orleans, and it is largely because of Bollinger that it became a reality, his legacy to become a permanent fixture on a finishing piece of the campus.

The Canopy—a steel lattice framework supporting Teflon-coated fiberglass panels—will be 482 feet long and 134 feet wide, held aloft by four steel legs anchored in more than 1,260 cubic yards of concrete.

The structure’s first massive steel elements were delivered to the Museum campus just a few days ahead of the groundbreaking event. The steel is zinc-coated and made up of a frame-and-truss system that’s been wind-tunnel tested to exceed American Society of Civil Engineers safety standards to withstand the most extreme tropical weather. Structural Engineer Thornton Tomasetti, who commissioned the testing, has worked to optimize the performance of structures including the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

In the midday sun, the towering, bright-white Canopy will serve as a beacon to visitors and locals alike; after sundown, a state-of-the-art lighting system will transform the Canopy and its support legs into a stunning new

nighttime landmark for New Orleans. The visitor experience of standing beneath the Canopy of Peace will be a new memorable moment in a city renowned for creating so many of them.

Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Foundation

Hancock Whitney BankMr. and Mrs. Robert T. Hayes

Tom Blakey, WWII VeteranAdrea D. HeebeWarren G. Herreid II and Jeannine M. RivetArthur Hershey and Sharon LinkletterMadlyn and Paul HilliardMr. William H. HinesInternational Matex Tank TerminalsCharles L. JarvieLori KneeppelJeffrey and Katherine Knittel

Charles W. Knittel, WWII VeteranMr. John E. Koerner IIIH. Merritt Lane III

1st LT Frank Golemi, USAAF, WWII VeteranDrew LeanderLouise and Hank Leander

Lieutenant Jack Heise, WWII Veteran 1st Lieutenant John H. Ford, WWII Veteran Lieutenant Sr. Grade William Mosey, US Navy Air Corps, WWII Veteran

Alan LeventhalMr. and Mrs. Robert E. Smith LupoMr. Edward C. MathesJimmy and Lillian MaurinMr. and Mrs. Markham R. McKnightMr. and Mrs. Robert C. McNairRobert W. MerrickSuzanne T. and Michael J. MestayerJ. Edgar Monroe FoundationMorris Family FoundationDr. and Mrs. Gordon "Nick" MuellerDennis A. MuilenburgWalter NegleyMr. David NierenbergMr. Mark Packard Norman

Mark W. Norman, WWII Home FrontMr. and Mrs. Michael O'NeillRon and Becky Parker

John E. Johnson, Jr., WWII Veteran Lewis K. Phillips, WWII Home Front

Bobby and Debbie PatrickPecora FamilyMr. and Mrs. Robert L. PriddyEd and Pam Quinn

MSGT. Charles D. McGehee, WWII VeteranDr. Patrice K. Richardson

Edgel W. Richardson, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. R. Randolph Richmond, Jr.

R. Randolph Richmond, Jr., WWII VeteranTodd RickettsMelvyn S. Rifkind, WWII VeteranS. Melvin Rines, WWII VeteranPam and Mark RubinMr. Jack D. Samuelson, WWII VeteranJoe and Kathy SandersonPhil and Jennifer Satre Family Charitable

Fund at the Community Foundation of Western Nevada

Dr. Bobby and Mrs. Lori SavoieJoe and Debbie SchellPeggy Sewell

Mr. Archibald Thomas Higgins, Jr., WWII Veteran

Dr. Margaret Sharp SSgt. David Sharp, WWII Veteran

Mr. Robert V. SiebelMr. and Mrs. David W. Smith

James Elon Smithey, WWII Veteran Roy Gardner Smith, WWII Home Front Wiley Floyd Smith, WWII Veteran Louie Lee Smith, WWII Veteran

Mr. Phillip StaplesMr. Henry SwiecaMr. and Mrs. Gary L. Thomas

Jimmie B. Gunter, WWII Veteran Garland L. Thomas, WWII Veteran

Mr. Thomas H. Turner Bert S. Turner, WWII Veteran

André F. VillenevueMr. and Mrs. St. Denis J. VillereWal-Mart Stores, Inc.Rob and Mary WardStephen and Gina WatsonTed and Jennifer WeggelandMrs. John G. Weinmann

Lt. William Howard Taft, WWII Veteran Cpt. Joseph Daniel Tompkins, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce N. WhitmanGovernor Christine T. WhitmanGovernor and Mrs. Pete Wilson

2nd Lt. Wayne Hoffman, USMC, WWII Veteran Cpl. James B. Wilson, Jr., USN, WWII Veteran 1st Lt. James B. Wilson, MO National Guard, WWII Veteran MGen Kenneth J. Houghton, USNR, WWII Veteran RADM Leslie E. Gehres, USA, WWII Veteran LCDR. Herbert G. Klein, USMC, WWII Veteran LGen Joseph C. Fegan, Jr., USMC, WWII Veteran

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Nelson Abell III Family Nelson D. Abell, WWII Veteran Lucius G. Hughes, WWI Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. AndersonRoss and Denise Anderson

James Parr, WWII Veteran Leon Ross, WWII Veteran W. T. Ross, WWII Veteran

Alan P. "Pat" and Angela BernardDr. Jeanne Bonar

Sgt. Robert Hensley, WWII VeteranMiss Cindy S. Boyd

Ferrell Boyd, WWII Veteran Bernard Koether, WWII Veteran Herbert Koether, WWII Veteran Martin Koether, WWII Veteran James Templeton, WWII Veteran Maj. General H. Lloyd Wilkerson, USMC, WWII Veteran SSG Al Mampre, US Army, WWII Veteran

William C. Buck James Mahlon Buck, Jr., WWII Veteran

Rusty and Sue Burnett Raymond Otis Burnett, WWII Veteran Joe Decker Walk, WWII Home Front

LTJG Leroy L. Carver, Jr., USNR (Ret.), WWII Veteran CAPT Leroy L. Carver, USNR (Ret.), WWI, WWII, and Korean War Veteran

Charles Foundation, Inc. Robert Rooke

Martin Clement II, Melinda Clement and Martin Clement III

Angus R. Cooper IIDr. and Mrs. James T. Coy III

Wilson Bond, Jr., WWII Veteran Sgt. James F. Clark, WWII Veteran Lt. Col. Richard E. Conner III, WWII Veteran James Tandy Coy, Jr., WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. A. Dano Davis Charles Douglas Gholson, WWII Veteran Col. Mitchell Paige, WWII Veteran

Mary Lee and Bill DixonH. Michael England

Harry M. England, USCG, WWII VeteranTina Santi FlahertyDan and Ann Claire Fordice

Dan K. Fordice, Sr., WWII Veteran

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Anne and Herschel AbbottRichard C. AdkersonRyan AdkersonMr. Dwight W. AndersonAT&TMr. and Mrs. Norman R. AugustineMr. and Mrs. Brandon BergerMs. Jacklyn Bezos

Lawrence Preston Gise, WWII VeteranHon. John Kenneth BlackwellBoysie and Joy Bollinger

James LeBlanc, WWII Veteran Richard N. Bollinger, WWII Veteran George A. Bollinger, WWII Veteran

Bourgeois Bennett, LLCMr. Jack O. Bovender, Jr.

Hampton Foreman, USA, WWII Veteran James G. Bovender, USMC, WWII KIA Jack O. Bovender, Sr., USMC, WWII Veteran

Raymond J. BrandtAnthony and Karen Buckingham

Kenneth A. Schutt, WWII Veteran LeRoy H. F. Schutt, WWII Veteran

The Family of Philip J. BurguieresMr. Michael S. BylenDaryl G. Byrd and Kara Van de CarrJames Clement III

Paul Hilliard, WWII Veteran Ben Glusing , WWII Veteran

Mr. Louis P. Cluster Alvin Peyton Cluster, WWII Veteran

Henry L. Coaxum, Jr.Lori and Gregg Cohen, Shannon

and Jacob Maxwell Cecil Orlando Black, WWII Veteran

Ken Copper Harold Buckingham, WWII Home Front Hubert Eugene "Cop" Copper, WWII Veteran Louis J. Lohrenz, WWII Veteran

James A. CourterGary Cox

Clifford L. Hammond, WWII Veteran Jack Ogilvie, WWII Veteran Robert V. Jones, WWII Veteran Harold Ray Stevens, WWII Veteran Hulen G. Havens, WWII Veteran

Ralph and Marjorie CrumpConstance Crump and Peter NajarCraig and Ellen CrumpJill and Jed DavisDavid and Rosemarie DeVido

Johann Stirnimann, WWII Veteran Joseph L. DeVido, WWII Veteran Beatrice Schoenfeld DeVido, WWII Home Front Brigitta Stirnimann, WWII Veteran

Dick and Judi Duchossois George Duchossois, WWII Veteran R. L. Duchossois, WWII Veteran Albert Duchossois, WWII Veteran

The Arv and Carol Fisher Charitable Fund Arvold O. Fisher, WWII Home Front

The Alta and John Franks Foundation John Franks, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Louis FreemanDathel and John GeorgesMr. Frank Godchaux III

Charles Ragland GodchauxGoldring Family Foundation /

Woldenberg FoundationThe Charles W. and Elizabeth D.

Goodyear Foundation Bradley Goodyear, Jr., WWII Veteran

Capt. and Mrs. Thomas A. Gruber, USA (Ret.)

Mr. John J. Frezza James Donato, WWII Veteran

Michael J. Garcia, M.D.Melbern G. Glasscock

Bryan Glasscock, WWII VeteranMr. Barry Gossett

Joe B. Gossett, WWII VeteranMary Beth Graves

Frank O' Connor, WWII VeteranBrenda and Gregory Hamer FamilyBob and Nancy Hayter

A. J. Letheo, WWII Veteran Robert A. Moore, Jr., WWII Veteran

Russell A. and Betty Joan Hitt Donald Kershaw Elliott, WWII Veteran Ernest Roland Davis, WWII Veteran John "Johnny" Cleveland Campbell, Jr., WWII Veteran E. Galt and Helen D. Davis, WWII Home Front William Otis Elliott, WWII Veteran James Lawson Elliott, WWII Veteran Warren A. and Myrtle L. Hitt, WWII Home Front

Carol Holding Robert Earl Holding, WWII Veteran Ralph Pollard Holding, WWII Veteran

Mr. John HussJohn A. JohnsonDr. David G. and Vesta JonesMr. and Mrs. Donald C. JonesMr. and Mrs. Robert E. Keith, Jr.

Lt. Cmdr. Robert E. Keith, WWII VeteranMs. Carolyn Kelly

Frederick William Deuser, WWII Veteran Emmett Eugene McEvoy, WWII Veteran

Mr. Brian M. KincaidMr. and Mrs. Jack T. Lengsfield

Jack T. Lengsfield, WWII VeteranHsiu-Mei A. Lin

Anchung R. Lin, WWII VeteranTommy and Eugenia Lind

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64031

4,6061658

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11,912234137

4,249159

66013

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3,2461811

16,876112110

3,012297

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3,2231415

2,655128

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90667

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Among the most loyal supporters of The National WWII Museum, Patriots Circle Members contributed $2.7 million to the Museum in Fiscal Year 2018—an all-time record, which reflects an astonishing commitment to the institution’s mission.

In addition to their financial support—which ranges between $1,000 and $10,000 annually—these Members are exceptional in their involvement with the Museum. Many serve on various committees, act as sponsors for the Museum’s fundraising events, participate in the Museum’s travel programs, and attend The International Conference on World War II. They serve as national ambassadors for the institution.

We remain honored by the 1,118 Patriots Circle Members who supported the Museum from across the country in Fiscal Year 2018. Among those are 57 Members of the Museum’s Board of Trustees and two staff members who are Four Star Patriots Circle Members. Their generosity is evidence of the importance of understanding the American experience in World War II and honoring the generation who sacrificed so much to secure our freedom.

Thank you to all of our Patriots Circle Members for demonstrating the American spirit through their generous and continued giving.

The staunch support of over 176,000 Charter Members is the foundation of The National WWII Museum’s growth. Their loyalty throughout Fiscal Year 2018 exemplifies a strong commitment to the mission of America’s National WWII Museum.

Combined, our Members provided the Museum with over $10 million in operating revenue to help fund educational programming and preservation initiatives. As we continue our efforts to expand the Museum, their commitment and generosity are an inspiration.

WWII veterans helped establish this Museum. With the passage of time, the torch has passed to the sons and daughters of our treasured WWII veterans—Americans who are invested in ensuring that their family’s contribution to our collective history and the war that changed the world is preserved for all future generations.

Thank you to all of our Members across the country for supporting The National WWII Museum.

P A T R I O T S C I R C L E

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C H A R T E R M E M B E R S

176,000+

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V I R T U A L F I E L D T R I P S

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4,356S t u d e n t s

W E B I N A R S

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E L E C T R O N I C F I E L D T R I P

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Fiscal Year 2018 Distance Learning by the Numbers

S K Y P E P R O G R A M S

205S e s s i o n s

6,664S t u d e n t s

In Fiscal Year 2019, the Museum will debut its newest Electronic Field Trip commemorating the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Normandy.

Buddy KullmanDiane S. LakeSal and Carol Lalani

Morris Cady Glenn, WWII Veteran Joseph Wallace Glenn, WWII Veteran

Charles W. Lane IIIMr. Henry K. Lathrop

Major Henry T. Lathrop, WWII VeteranMs. Hsiang Hwa Therese Liu

Milton Ming-Chao Liu, WWII Home FrontMr. Wilton Looney, WWII Veteran

Earl Dolive, WWII VeteranMr. Lawrence Marino and Ms. Ann MoreheadMr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Markey

John T. Markey, Jr., WWII Veteran Robert Jones, WWII Veteran Walter H. Jones, WWII Veteran

Charles D. Marks Major Sidney L. Marks, WWII Veteran Private Harry Otter, WWI Veteran

Mr. Thomas Marks Marvin J. Marks, WWII Veteran

Ben A. Martinez, Jr., WWII Veteran Urban B. Martinez, WWII Veteran John L. Martinez, WWII Veteran Jose D. Martinez, WWII Veteran

Ms. Julia Mavellia Dominick Mavellia, WWII Veteran

George A. McCalpin, WWII Veteran F. William McCalpin, USMC, WWII Veteran Frank Miles, USMC, WWII Veteran John W. Murphy, USN, WWII Veteran W. J. Dieter, USAAF, WWII Veteran

Tom and Marla McCulloughMr. John McFadden, Jr.

Major Joseph Means McFadden, WWII Veteran Major Samuel Edward McFadden, WWII Veteran Ms. Jess McFadden Alexander, WWII Veteran Major John Culp McFadden, WWII Veteran

Dr. Robert McWhirter Stanley B. McWhirter, WWII Home Front

Col. and Mrs. Larry Merington Charles Domangue, WWII Veteran John Albanese, WWII Veteran Jack Merington, WWII Veteran

Maurice Meyer III and Irma MeyerJeanne MichaelWilliam R. Michaels

Michael Kany, WWII VeteranJim and Sonia MillerRussell A. Minor

Averill Carr, WWII Veteran Donald McWilliams, WWII Veteran Kenneth Platt, WWII Veteran Leroy Leonard, WWII Veteran Robert Pratt, WWII Veteran Robert Whelan, WWII Veteran Vern Ollar, WWII Veteran Wesley Athey, WWII Veteran William Lawrence, WWII Veteran William Lozano, WWII Veteran Harold Minor, Jr., WWII Veteran J. B. Johnson, WWII Veteran James Kirk, WWII Veteran Walter Schattel, WWII Veteran Frank Pantuso, WWII Veteran

Henry J. and Theresa Cox Montero S/SGT James A. Nulty, WWII Veteran SGT Hugh Nulty, WWII Veteran T/SGT Michael Migilore, WWII Veteran S/SGT Michael R. Cronin, WWII Veteran

Arthur J. Moore, WWII VeteranGlenn Mueller - RPM Pizza - Domino's Pizza

Richard Galloway, US Navy Dr. Richard P. Mueller, US Army

Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Murrey 1st Lt. Charles Galloway Morris, Korean War Veteran Thomas Whitelaw Murray, Sr., Korean War Veteran Lt. Col. John R. Wilkinson (Ret.)

Henry W. Robertson, Jr. Boone N. Ruff, WWII Veteran William R. Jackson, WWII Veteran

Tammy and Mike RockerEduardo E. Rodriguez, M.D.Tony Rosenthal and Ruth Ganister

Pauline Wexelblatt, WWII Veteran Daniel J. Ganister, WWII Veteran Murray Rosenthal, WWII Veteran Nancy E. Leavesley, WWII Home Front

Ms. Jean Schlenker Ervin Schlenker, WWII Veteran Arnold R. Schlenker, WWII Veteran

Robert E. Schmidt Sgt. Edward Hampton Schmidt, WWII Veteran Glenn W. Rulle, WWII Veteran

Marge and Tom Schueck Arthur Moeslein, WWII Veteran Floyd H. Furkerson, Jr., WWII Veteran

Frederick P. Stratton, Jr. Scotty Bamford, WWII Veteran Tracy N. Gordon, Vietnam War Veteran

Jim and Donna Sublett Fred Dickenson, WWII Veteran

Mr. Ronald Tarrson MSGT Mort Oman, WWII Veteran Jim Stone, WWII Veteran

Ms. Lisa M. Thamasett TEC 5 William Alonzo Jones, USA, WWII Veteran Mildred E. (Jones) Johnson, WWII Home Front Shirley A. (Jones) Thamasett, WWII Home Front Otto J. Thamasett, WWII Home Front Elsie P. Thamasett, WWII Home Front Otto E. Thamasett, WWII Home Front Floyd Golden Johnson, USA, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Judy M. and Mr. Woodrow W. Thompson II Capt. Albert Dean Bryant, WWII Veteran Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Thompson, WWII Veteran

Dr. and Mrs. Charles Varsel Philip Varsel, WWII Veteran Thomas Varsel, WWII Veteran Edward Varsel, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Lester Wainer Lester Weil Wainer, WWII Veteran

Dr. Billy and Sylvia Walker Billy L. Walker, M.D.

Jean H. and John T. Walter, Jr. Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas

Thomas M. Warren Arlie Lester Alderman, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Whitmire, Jr.Jonathan and Lindsay Wilkerson

Ernest Eugene Hyne, WWII Veteran Myrtle Aiten Wilkerson, WWII Veteran Merritt Mechem Wilkerson, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. William T. WolvertonTimothy L. and Kathleen R. Wren

Robert Hicks, WWII Veteran Leroy Wren, Korean War Veteran

Tokuji Yoshihashi Ichiro Yoshihashi, WWII Veteran

Earl and Diane ZachryAnd Three Others Who Wish to Remain

Anonymous Bernard Gumpert, WWII Veteran Gilbert Gumpert, WWII Veteran

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120th AAA BattalionMr. and Mrs. Christopher Abbinante

Anthony J. Belli, WWII VeteranMr. Frederick Charles Abbott

Mrs. Anne Abendschein Paul Abendschein, WWII Veteran

Joseph M. Accurso, M.D. and Mrs. B. Renee Accurso Mr. Harry Dutko, WWII Veteran Mr. Sherlock A. "Skip" Herrick, Jr., WWII Veteran

Ms. Donna AdamCol. Fae M. Adams (Ret.)Jim and Robin Adams

Bud Adams, WWII VeteranMs. Susan Aguiar

John Arruda, WWII VeteranJulene P. AilshieAirbus AmericasBarbara Akins

Billy Tom Akins, WWII Veteran Donald S. Akins

Doug and Mary AlbertMr. Thomas J. AlexanderMrs. Christine Allen

Philip Elsworth Allen, WWII VeteranMs. Gloria Alvarez

David Alonzo Truman, WWII VeteranMr. John Amato

John G. Amato Virginia D. Amato

The American Legion Synepuxent Post 166Ms. Jerome T. Amerman

Kenneth ThompsonMark Reid Anderson

Robert A. Scalfi, Jr., WWII Veteran Albert Bruce Crutcher II, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. AndersonThe Honorable and Mrs. William C. Anderson

Harold E. Anderson, WWII Veteran Charles Weller, WWII Veteran

Travis K. Anderson James Woodrow Wise, WWII Veteran

Ms. Loretta Angerer Richard Kent Angerer, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. AntalecAshner Family Evergreen Foundation

Jules Rainess, WWII Veteran Morton Hassman, WWII Veteran Bernard M. Ashner, WWII Veteran

Capt. Charles B. Askey Cdr. Henry Benjamin Askey, WWII Veteran

Richard Atkins 1st Lt. Steve N. Guidry

Mr. Robert August Charles J. August, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Auray Robert R. Auray, Sr., WWII Veteran George Edmund Voyer, WWII Veteran

Robert J. Bailey Dr. James Hutchison, WWII Veteran Leonard Crawford, WWII Veteran

Gilbert Baker Andy Anderson, WWII Veteran Kolman Lampe, WWII Veteran Samuel Levin, WWII Veteran

Mr. G. Thomas Ball John Thomas Ball

Irene P. Barker Robert Edwin Barker, WWII Veteran

Paul and Kathleen BarlettaRobert H. BarlowJohn H. BarretteBasin St. StationMr. Warren L. BattsMr. and Mrs. Edward T. BaurMr. James Baynham

445th Bomb Group, 8th Air ForceJerald Bays

L. Jerald Bays Sherry Lynn Owens

James and Tammy Beatty Lt. Col. John Beatty, WWII Veteran

Ms. Anne Beaty Richard N. Beaty, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Becker

Mr. Tom HamiltonMr. G. Robert HamrdlaTom and Char HandMr. and Mrs. Leonard Harlan

Dr. Harold R. Harlan, D.D.S., WWII VeteranMrs. Sharon Hartshorn

Roy Thomas Kniebbe, WWII VeteranMr. Marc Helm

Homer Marcus Helm, Sr., WWII Veteran Quay Milford Fortner, WWII Veteran

Col. Paul H. HerbertMrs. Arlene M. Holden

1st Lt. Logan Monroe, Jr., WWII Veteran Arthur S. Holden, Jr., WWII Home Front Staff Sgt. Wilbur L. Loftin, WWII Veteran

Robert W. Horner IIIDavid and Sarah Hurder

Maj. Gen. Edwin D. Patrick, WWII VeteranJanice and Richard Ingram

Carl T. Walker, WWII Veteran Herbert M. West, WWII Veteran

SGT Robert E. Jacoby, USA (Ret.), WWII Veteran

Mary L. Dumestre and Guy P. JohnsonDr. and Mrs. John Patrick Jordan

RADM Edwin W. Herron, WWII Veteran William Spenser Jordan, WWII Veteran Brig. Gen. Ronald Dean Salmon, WWII Veteran Col. Herbert S. Jordan, WWII Veteran

James Lippitt JoslinLawrence and Kathy Kanter Advised Fund

Captain Myron Kanter, M.D., WWII VeteranJohn and Dottie Kelley

Lt. Calvin A. Kelley, WWII VeteranLou Kennedy and Family

James E. Kennedy, WWII Veteran Frances Tuciarone, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Kitchen John Walter Paul, Jr., WWII Veteran

Joseph W. Kozora Joseph James Kozora, WWII Veteran

Dr. and Mrs. Scott LeGrant BeechAlbert L. Beekly, WWII Home Front

Bill Beekly, WWII Veteran Jack Beekly, WWII Veteran Olin Wyatt, WWII Veteran

Mr. Larry R. Belcaster Rocco Antonelli, WWII KIA

Ranlet Shelden Bell Virginia Durand Shelden William Warren Shelden, WWII Veteran

Dr. William M. and Sandra Bennett Harry Bennett, WWII Veteran Leonard George Ayre, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Elaine B. Benningfield John Delma Bunch, WWII Veteran Robert K. Henson, WWII Veteran Joseph Elma Bunch, WWII Veteran

Mr. Ronald Berenstain Julian W. Berenstain, WWII Veteran

Gary and Helen Bergren Harley E. Bergren, WWII Veteran

Mr. Thomas E. Berk Thomas R. Grace Richard T. Gibson

Mr. J. Anderson Berly III Joel A. Berly, Jr., WWII Veteran

Gary and Carol Berman Julius Sydney Rubel, WWII Veteran Alan Herman Saks, WWII Veteran Israel Wolford Berman, WWII Veteran

Bevolo Gas and Electric Lights Andrew Bevolo, Sr., WWII Home Front

Mr. Jonathan E. Beyman Bernard B. Beyman, WWII Veteran

Mr. Patrick Black, WWII VeteranMrs. Gerald R. BlackMrs. Tamara Blackburn

Andrew Jackson Kelley, WWII VeteranJack E. and Mary T. Blake

Jack E. Blake, WWII VeteranHarold J. Blakemore, USN, WWII VeteranDerek BlakesleeCol. and Mrs. Henry Blechl, USA (Ret.)Thomas BlumMr. and Mrs. Barry O. Blumberg

Robert Blumberg, WWII VeteranDale E. Boger

Maj. George Henry Boger, Jr., WWII Veteran Thomas W. Costello, WWII Veteran Edwin Daniel, WWII Veteran

Mr. William Boller Merle Howard Boller, WWII Veteran

Mary Kay Borchers Charles L. Borchers, M.D., WWII Veteran

Lt. Col. Gerald F. Bourgeois, USAF (Ret.)Dr. Charles William Boustany, Jr.B. Joe and Becky BowersDr. John C. Bravman

Ella Katherine Bravman, WWII Home Front Maurice Daniel Bravman, WWII Veteran

Neil Bray Eugene G. Bray, WWII Veteran

Edward Brayman and Ms. Sparre M. Strand Dean Philip Strand, WWII Veteran Harold Brayman, WWII Veteran Leroy Oswald Strand, WWII Veteran Donald LaVerne Brayman, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Michael BremJohn BrennanLee and Tamie BresslerMr. and Mrs. H. David Bright

Major Walter Subby, M.D., WWII VeteranMr. A. Vernon Brinson

Archibald Thomas Higgins, Jr., WWII Veteran John P. Williamson, WWII Veteran

Judy and Bernard BriskinEmil BrittCarole Brookins

Charles H. Glueck, WWII Veteran Rebecca A. Glueck, WWII Veteran

Thomas B. NuszMr. Karl Nygren, WWII VeteranJulie Overbeck

Ralph D. Overbeck, WWII Veteran Esther L. Overbeck, WWII Home Front

Ms. Nadine Piedmont Alfred Piedmont, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. James D. Pike Donald O. Pike, WWII Veteran

Mr. Jason Pilalas Lt. T. Holmes Moore, USNR, WWII Veteran

Mr. Peter Politzer Alfred R. Politzer, USN

Dr. and Mrs. John R. Poteet Elmer A. Poteet, WWII Home Front James T. Chumley, WWII Veteran Mary Helen Poteet, WWII Home Front

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Potter Arthur I. Appleton, WWII Veteran George H. Hunt, WWII Veteran Albert Whatley, WWII Veteran Richard Potter, WWII Veteran Floyd A. Potter, WWII Veteran Martha O'Driscoll, WWII USO Entertainer

RAMCO of Virginia Lt. Lenard "Bud" Forsberg, USAAC, WWII Veteran

Isla and T. R. RecklingMr. A. J. Remillard, Jr.Dr. Judith Ring

Capt. John B. Webb, WWII Veteran Norman Arthur Ring, WWII Veteran

Jack and Sandy Ripsteen Joel Ripsteen, M.D., WWII Veteran Gov. Pete Wilson Joe Dignan, WWII Veteran

Susan and Eric J. Robbins Maurice Rabinowitz Robbins Leonard S. Rabinowitz Robbins, WWII Veteran Richard Fradkin, WWII Veteran

Charles E. Brown, Sr., WWII VeteranMr. Irwin Jay BrownWesley W. BrumbackMr. Ernest P. BrunoMrs. Frank S. Bruno

Frank S. Bruno, WWII VeteranGeorge and Rebecca Bryant

George B. Bryant, Jr., WWII Veteran Murphy C. Bryles

Mr. William Buckner General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., WWII Veteran

Mrs. Tove I. Burhen Raymond Chester Burhen, WWII Veteran

MSGT and Mrs. Peter D. BurlandMs. Terri L. BurtonMr. Robert L. Byers

Al Hoffman, WWII VeteranMs. Priscilla Cabell

Lt. Col. John Bell Cabell, WWII VeteranRobert Louis Cabes

George Joseph Fanning, WWII Veteran Louis Jacob Cabes, WWII Veteran

Craig L. and Suzanne E. Caesar J. Fred Caesar, WWII Veteran

Guy Caffey Guy H. Caffey, Jr., WWII Veteran

Sue Cannon George Reynolds Cannon, WWII Veteran

Dan and Joan CantorMortimer Caplin, WWII VeteranMark David Carapella

Anthony J. Carapella, WWII VeteranMs. Helen Carley

Raymond J. Carley, WWII VeteranSandra R. Carter - Green

Merwin Randall Riblet, WWII VeteranMr. Ray Casey

Evans Gavin Helton, WWII VeteranStephen H. Cate

Lt. Robert G. Harper, USMC Frank T. Cate, WWII Veteran

Dr. Ann B. CattsPatsy B. and LTC James A. Causey (Ret.)Ms. Kathleen Cavanaugh

William J. Cavanaugh, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Cebelak

Norman Robert Cebelak, WWII VeteranChalmette VFW Post 3706

Joe Gritter, WWII Veteran Sam Ortego, WWII Veteran

Leo P. and Cheryl W. Champagne Leo Pierre Champagne, Sr., WWII Veteran

Mr. David Dah Chung ChangMrs. Louise Chapman

John Ople Chapman, Jr., WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. John D. CharbonnetFred L. and Kirsti E. CharltonMr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cheever

Col. Charles E. Cheever, Sr., WWII Veteran Capt. John Shary II, WWII Veteran

Mr. Stanley P. Chen, WWII Home FrontMs. Anne C. Chilstrom

Col. Kenneth O. Chilstrom (Ret.), WWII Veteran

Alexander E. Chionsini and Sally Seale Chionsini Major James N. Seale, WWII Veteran

Michael Chisek Andrew J. Chisek, WWII Veteran

Richard and Rebecca Clapp Richard N. Clapp, WWII Veteran

Sylvia Clawson Robert Edwin McGreer, WWII Veteran Shirlee McGreer

Ward Clifton, WWII Home FrontMr. Melvin Woodrow Coates

Melvin Woodrow Coats, Sr., WWII VeteranBrig. Gen. James B. Cobb, USAF (Ret.)Fielding Lewis Cocke

W. H. Cocke, Sr., WWII Veteran W. H. Cocke, Jr., WWII Veteran

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across the sea. He didn’t share these details with us then, but we were all proud of him. He even received a letter from Britain’s Ministry of War Transport recognizing his contribution during those turbulent times.”

Rapaport first became involved with The National WWII Museum to honor those in his family who fought, and also those who served their country at home, just like his father. “There were many unsung heroes who gave of themselves during this period to help our nation who were not in uniform,” said Rapaport.

“I support The National WWII Museum through the Patriots Circle because I believe it is the shore station of our democracy and a continuing remembrance of those who fought and died, as well as those Home Front warriors who gave of themselves to win the battle and preserve our freedom,” he concluded.

Lew Rapaport describes himself as having always been a patriot and a historian—studying our country’s founding fathers to the present. He served as a lieutenant in the US Army during the early 1960s and was a graduate of the US Army Artillery and Missile School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Family and service to country have always been important to Rapaport. He grew up in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens, New York, where the entire Rapaport family was involved in World War II. With two nephews in the US Army and his uncle serving on a destroyer in the US Navy, Rapaport’s family remained proud of their military service.

“My father, Stanley Rapaport, was an architect and was contacted by our State Department for a special assignment,” said Rapaport. “Dad moved us to Norfolk, Virginia, and his new job was to redesign and camouflage ships that were going back and forth to England to carry troops and munitions to the battlefront. The US Navy had to disguise the ships with different silhouettes so that the German submarines would not be able to identify the vessels as they went

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Elizabeth De PicciottoMr. and Mrs. Nathaniel de RothschildKevin P. Delaney

Edward J. DelaneyPeggy and Don DePascalMs. Paula Di Domenico

Wilhelm Grimmer, WWII Veteran Alfred Grimmer, WWII Veteran Rodney Grimmer, WWII Veteran

Richard A. and Bonnie P. Dial George Prendergast, Jr., WWII Veteran

Ruby V. Dienstberger 1st Lt. Paul E. Kloeppel, WWII Veteran

Mr. Donald Dillon Howard Watson, WWII Veteran

Frank DiPentinoJon DittmerJim and Becky Dockter

Eugene J. Dockter, WWII Veteran Richard G. Miller, Jr., WWII Veteran

Scott DoddsJoseph C. Doherty, WWII VeteranMr. Chris Domangue

Edward J. Filanowski, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. David S. DoyleMargaret DragisicGary and Jan DresslerMr. Wm. Craig Dubishar

Maj. Wm. Roland Dubishar, USAF, WWII Veteran Francis E. Dubishar, WWII Veteran J. Arnold Dubishar, WWII Veteran

Matthew and Janet Dudley Dora Cox, WWII Veteran Robert Cox, WWII Veteran Melvin Max Seim, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Carol McCarthy Duhme Lt. Sheldon Ware, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Jude Duhon Jesse M. Knowles

Dunn's Floor Covering, Inc. Frank Mulrooney, WWII Veteran Tom Mulrooney, WWII Veteran Richard Mulrooney, WWII Veteran George Sexton, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Dunn Jack Caughman, WWII Veteran

Jack Duplessis, CLURADM Philip A. Dur (Ret.) USN

LDCR Philip Francis Dur, USMR, WWII Veteran CMSGT Jesse J. Rosson, USAF, WWII Veteran

Ms. Susan P. Dusenberry Howard Edward Ellis, WWII Veteran

Jon A. Ebacher Rudolph W. Ebacher, WWII Veteran

Charles E. EbromMs. Patricia C. Edwards

Ode Vaughan Cecil, WWII VeteranRichard and Seola Edwards, Jr.

William Morris Edwards, WWII Veteran Achilles Arnaud, WWII Veteran

Mary J. Eisenhower John S. B. Eisenhower, WWII Veteran

Ms. Diane Ekstrom Conrad E. Swenson, WWII Veteran

Amelia and Jeffrey ElderMs. Betty Jo Ellard

Gene Purvis McPhail, WWII VeteranJan McCaleb Elliott

and Dana McCaleb Barnes Jesse Elliott McCaleb, Jr., WWII Veteran

Ms. Inger Elliott Osborn Elliott, WWII Veteran

Mr. Larry P. English Lloyd (Bill) English, WWII Veteran

Mr. James Erlandson Lt. Robert W. Erlandson, WWII Veteran

Michael P. Esposito, Jr.Trish and John EubanksMr. John EvansMr. Mark W. Evans

MSGT Ben E. Evans, WWII VeteranEyas Foundation

P. A. B. Widener III, WWII VeteranMs. Gloria Farber

Jerome Carlyle Farber, WWII VeteranLt. Col. Edward J. Farrell

Louis J. Farrell William A. Hayes Olive Goodwin Farrell

Mr. Werner Feibes James D. Schmitt, WWII Veteran

Francis M. Feltham John Curran Feltham, Sr., WWII Veteran Percy Marshall Feltham, Jr., WWII Veteran

Col. and Mrs. Mark Ferketish Robert C. Finnegan, WWII Veteran Thomas P. Gilsenan, WWII Veteran Gregory T. Ferketish, WWII Veteran

Todd Fernstrum Robert William Fernstrum, WWII Home Front

Mr. Thomas Fertal Thomas A. Fertal, WWII Veteran Helen Barrett Fertal, WWII Home Front

Ms. Seymour A. FineAlan and Patricia Fiorenza

Anthony J. Fiorenza, WWII Veteran Thomas Melvin Matthews, WWII Veteran

Mr. Robert L. FiscusDr. David H. Fisher, Sr.Michelle Fisher

Marcellus Schukman, WWII Veteran Clarence Schukman, WWII Veteran Ralph Schukman, WWII Veteran Jacob Schukman, Jr., WWII Veteran Walter N. Leiker, WWII Veteran Edward Schukman, WWII Veteran

Mr. Budd W. FlorkiewiczJay H. Floyd, Jr.

N. C. Dragisic, WWII VeteranMr. William G. FlynnKeith Anthony Folse

and Barbara Gayle Folse Pvt. Guy Joseph Folse, WWII Veteran Lt. Col. Ira C. Weatherly (Ret.), WWII Veteran

Shirley Foreman Roy Lee Foreman

Ms. Carol Forkiotis Dr. Constintine "Gus" Forkiotis, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. George D. Fosdick Major Leslie Howard, WWII Veteran George W. Fosdick, WWII Veteran

Julie Fotiades and Evelyn Fotiades Poulos Thomas Lykos, WWII Veteran George Demas Nick Demas John Poulos Joan Fotiades

Eleanor J. FoxMrs. Jean H. Frank, WWII Home Front

Captain Charles W. Frank, WWII Veteran

Ms. Deborah Freeland Robert Lee Gifford, WWII Veteran

Ronald Freeman, PE Lt. Cmdr. Theodore M. Robinson, WWII Veteran Theodore B. Marks, WWII Veteran Richard Harris, WWII Veteran Cmdr. James Thearle, Vietnam War Veteran Earl A. Booth, WWI and WWII Veteran

Edmund FrodymaMarilyn T. Gaddis

George C. Carruthers, WWII Veteran

Brian A. Grieger Arthur Melvin Grieger, WWII Veteran Catherine Louise Rongey Grieger, WWII Veteran

Grizzard Family FoundationDr. Joseph H. GrovemanMs. Riane Gruss

Emanuel Gruss, WWII VeteranValerie and Jack Guenther

Ross Howard, WWII Veteran Jack Mallepell, WWII Veteran

Mr. Kenneth R. Guest Harry R. Guest, WWII Veteran

Mr. Curtis C. Gunn, Jr. Curtis C. Gunn, WWII Veteran

Joe M. Haas, WWII Veteran Samuel D. Haas, WWII Veteran

Mr. Charles HaasMr. and Mrs. Edwin Hahlbeck

Kenneth Brunelli, WWII Veteran EN William A. Barr, WWII Veteran

Dr. and Mrs. John M. Hale Mr. John P. Hale, WWII Veteran Nicholas J. Pappas, WWII Veteran

Mr. Peter Hallgren Theodore P. Hallgren, WWII Veteran

Mr. Thomas Hamilton Lt. Col. George B. Hamilton, WWII Veteran

Mr. Mark Hamlin Ed Morelli, WWII Veteran

Dan Hammond Elmer M. Hammond, WWII Veteran

Ms. Kathryn J. HanleyRaenel R. Hansen

Charles E. Richner, WWII VeteranKathleen Kress Hanson

John J. Kress, WWII Veteran Ruth McNerney Kress, WWII Veteran

Ms. Gail P. HarkinsMrs. Hazel HarrisMs. Terri Harris

PFC Otto Charles Eid, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hartig Frank Di Girolamo, WWII Veteran SGT Paul J. Hartig, WWII Veteran

David B. Hartzell Frank C. Hartzell, WWII Veteran

Mr. William Hathorn Edgar C. Hathorn, WWII Veteran

Ms. Linda Hatley PFC Madison M. Leek, WWII Veteran

Les and Donna Haulbrook William S. Henderson, WWII Veteran Joseph D. Haulbrook, WWII Veteran

Ms. Joanne Hayes Samuel M. Fleming, WWII Veteran

Dr. Richard P. Hays Arthur D. Williams, US Army Air Corps, WWII Veteran Aubry L. Hays, WWII Veteran

Mark and Lisa Hefner Heitz Joe B. Heitz, WWII Veteran Gene E. Hefner, WWII Veteran

Missy Lacroix and Gary Hemphill Elmo John Fischer, WWII Veteran Paul George Lacroix, Jr., WWII Veteran John Marvin Hemphill, USN, WWII Veteran

Mr. Solly HemusMr. Raymond Henderson, WWII Veteran

Lloyd R. Henderson, WWII Veteran Richard D. Henderson, WWII Veteran Raymond Henderson, WWII Veteran PFC Charles A. Henderson, WWII Veteran

Ms. Diane Henderson Henry Bowser, WWII Home Front

Mr. Kenneth Hendricks Samuel H. Hendricks, WWII Veteran

Mr. Ed Henneberque Eduard "Eepie" Henneberque

J. Tyler Herbert Glendon M. Herbert, WWII Veteran Franklin J. Stupka, WWII Veteran

Dr. and Mrs. Walter D. Cockerham Kirby Lee Cockerham, WWII Veteran Robert Rife Saunders, WWII Veteran

Roy C. Coffee, Jr. Herschel Abbott

Mses. Linda and Barbara Coley Hazel Brady Coley, WWII Home Front Leonard Earl Coley, WWII Veteran

Collier Family Trust Russell William Collier, WWII Veteran

Douglas Comella S1C Kenneth Eugene Graff, WWII Veteran 1st Lt. Joseph V. LaMoglia, WWII Veteran

Mr. Joe Comer Elmer F. Comer, WWII Veteran

Mr. Mark S. Comora Herb Mahler, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Compton Francis Eldon Brecht, WWII KIA Frederick F. Brecht, WWII Veteran Harry C. Compton, WWII KIA

Merrill C. ComstockDr. John R. Condit, Jr.

John Russell Condit, Sr., WWII VeteranMs. Ernestine Cook

LeRoy H. Cook, Jr., WWII VeteranJohn D. and Margarete Cooke

Dorothea Francis Cooke, WWII Home Front CPO James Cooke, WWII Veteran Capt. Paul C. Cooke, WWII Veteran

Mr. Steven R. Corbett Jack Keepor, WWII Veteran Arnold W. Pardis, WWII Veteran

Linda C. Cornutt Lt. Everett R. Core, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Cossé Claude Cossé, WWII Veteran

Charlotte M. Covington Rudy Mathias, US Army, WWII Veteran

Ms. Phoebe Cowles Major Cheney Cowles, WWII Veteran

Ms. Jenny CraigMs. Beatrice Crain

Barney Goldberg, WWII VeteranMr. Donald J. Cramer

Robert Lewis Cramer, Sr., WWII VeteranMr. Gordon CrawfordMr. Mort Creech, Jr.

Silas M. CreechJim and Kathy CrouchJohn V. CroulMr. F. Gary Cunningham

1st Lt. John H. Cunningham, WWII Veteran Roderick Henderson Outland, WWII Veteran

Ms. Doris L. Dahl Lt. Col. Kenneth M. Dahl, WWII Veteran Pvt. Harold Liddell, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Dale John Dale, Merchant Marine, WWII Veteran Lionel Favalora, USCG, WWII Veteran

Terry and Joanne DaleTed P. Dalzell, WWII Home FrontWarren A. DanielMr. Alex Daniels

Don O'Cain Daniels, USMC, WWII Veteran

William DannenbergPatrick and Marlene DarbyMr. Russell and Mrs. Margaret Daulton

Frank Roy Daulton, WWII Veteran Harvey Henry Kustel, WWII Veteran

Dr. and Mrs. Edwin DavidsonDr. Thomas E. Davis, WWII Veteran and

Mrs. Davis John A. Vaticano, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Susan DavisMr. James J. Dawson

Richard H. Dawson, WWII Veteran

Mr. John and Mrs. Jan Herbert Art Harder, WWII Veteran John W. Herbert, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. William D. HessLTC Robert W. Hicks (Ret.)

SFC Elmer G. Hicks, WWII VeteranCAPT Edward B. Higgins, Jr.

Captain Edward Higgins, Sr., US Army, WWII Veteran

Ms. Henrietta C. Hildebrand Capt. David Gerry Connally, US Army, WWII KIA John Adrian Larkin, WWII KIA James H. Clement, Sr., WWII Veteran

Robert I. Hildebrand, WWII VeteranBob and Sandy HillmanCAPT Tatnall Lea Hillman, SC, USNR (Ret.)

William Williams Keen Butcher, WWII Veteran

Susan D. Hines 2nd Lt. Hilda Allspaw, WWII Veteran

Edward W. Hinson, Jr. Marian M. Hinson

Ms. Anita HirshJames A. Hixon

Maj. Gen. Robert C. Hixon, WWII Veteran Col. Charles E. Hixon, WWII Veteran

Robert and Allison HjortsbergPeggy J. Hoblack

Ross ToddMr. Stanley A. Hoffberger

Lt. C. Bertram Hoffberger, WWII VeteranJamie S. Hoffman

Vernon E. Seibert, WWII VeteranMr. Daniel E. HollandMr. and Mrs. T. Jerome Holleran

Charles J. Holleran, WWII Veteran Walter Raymond McGonigle, WWII Veteran

Mr. John P. HollidayMr. Denton Holmes

Dan D. Washburn, WWII VeteranMr. Robert J. Hombach

Henry and Joann Gagain Alfred Karmen, WWII Veteran Eugenia Karmen, WWII Veteran Frank Karman, WWII Veteran Edward Gagain, WWII Veteran Edward Karmen, WWII Veteran Moses Attaya, WWII Veteran William Gagain, WWII Veteran Howard Gagain, WWII Veteran Joseph Alix, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Richard GarbischMr. and Mrs. John T. Garnjost

Bill Tweedy, WWII Veteran John Grunow, WWII Veteran Dan Luciano, WWII Veteran

Dr. George J. Gataky George J. Gataky, Sr., WWI Veteran

Mr. Norman C. Gauthreaux Roy N. Gauthreaux, WWII Veteran Clyde Gauthreaux, WWII Veteran Earl Gauthreaux, WWII Veteran Robert Gauthreaux, Korean and Vietnam War Veteran David Doll, WWII Veteran Donald A. Doll, WWII Veteran Mathias "Buddy" Doll, WWII Veteran Joseph R. Surgi, WWII Veteran

Mr. Carol GautreauMr. William GayMr. Herbert Gedge

Burton H. Gedge III, WWII Veteran Alfred B. Gedge, WWII Veteran

Mr. William Geis, Jr. Chief Petty Officer Charles J. Geis, WWII Veteran

Ronald and Sharon Gembler Alfred F. Gembler, WWII Veteran Emil Frank Gembler, WWII Veteran Elam George Gembler, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Gerard V. Gething Nicholas Parise, WWII Veteran John Parise, WWII Veteran

Dr. Jack and Mrs. Linda Gill Lt. Lewis Challis, WWII Veteran PFC Elmer Clayton Gill, WWII Veteran

Roy A. Glapion, PEMr. Bobby J. Glass

Jack Weaver, WWII Veteran Sambo Weaver, WWII Veteran Buford Weaver, WWII Veteran R. M. Brantley, WWII Veteran

Mr. Charles Godchaux Frank Godchaux Julian Ragland, WWII Veteran Jim Ragland, WWII Veteran

Ms. Judy F. Goldblatt Emanuel P. Goldblatt, WWII Veteran

Morris and Arlene Goldfarb Mr. Julius Sigholz, WWII Veteran

The Goldie Anna Charitable TrustRobert and Susan Goldstein Family

Charles A. Smith, Jr.Mr. Joseph A. Gonenc, Jr.Mr. Alvin Goolsby and

Ms. Betty J. Verdino S1C Omar Tillion Goolsby, WWII Veteran

Harold L. Gosseen, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. Russell and Beth Gould

Richard L. Gould, WWII Veteran John Andrew Olson, US Navy, WWII Veteran

Mr. R. Newell Graham Hardy Moore Graham, WWII Veteran

Douglas Grahn Sgt. Douglas Grahn, WWII Veteran

Jacqueline R. Green Jim Green, WWII Veteran

Clarence S. Greene, Jr., M.D. Thomas E. Gardiner, WWII Veteran

Dan and Katie GreggsGregory Ricks and Associates, Inc.

Mrs. Lynne HonickmanMr. Timothy C. Hoover

Hoover Family, WWII Home FrontHorn Family Foundation

Audie Murphy, WWII Veteran Earl Rudder, WWII Veteran

Ms. Judith M. Hovanesian George John Hovanesian, WWII Veteran

Dr. Jack A. HudsonDr. Stephanie E. Hughes

Al A. Hughes, WWII VeteranDon and Jane Hunt

Charles R. Smith, WWII VeteranCurtis J. HunterDr. and Mrs. Richard A. Hurd, Jr.

Dr. Daniel C. Riordan, WWII Veteran Larry O. Rutan, WWII Veteran Richard A. Hurd, Sr., WWII Veteran Frank G. Falkner, WWII Veteran Howard J. Lynde II, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Walter HussmanRichard and Sandra HutsonMr. and Mrs. Mark S. Indelicato

Diego Indelicato, WWII Veteran Gregory Indelicato, WWII Veteran Michael Nicosia, WWII Veteran

Lamar L. Ingram H. G. Brann, WWII Veteran John H. Ingram, Jr.

Kent and Jan JackmanMr. LaMoine T. Jacobs

Clarence J. Thompson, WWII Veteran Gustave C. Thompson, WWII Veteran

Myron and Randee Jacobs Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Sydney Jacobs

Jean Dasburg Jacobson and Steve Jacobson Jean Henry Dasburg, WWII Veteran Robert T. Geraghty, WWII Veteran Jack Jacobson, WWII Veteran Lewis H. Weinstein, WWII Veteran


connection to his father’s role in the war. However, McWhirter’s greatest lessons

about the war came from the values and teachings instilled by his parents. “My father and mother both told me about the struggles endured through hard times during the Great Depression and World War II, and those stories inspired me and my siblings to succeed in life through hard work and dedication.”

McWhirter feels it’s important to sustain and grow the Museum through his involvement in Patriots Circle. “The stories and the trauma of war—in World War II in particular—are important to remember,” he said. “Our involvement in this global conflict—and the values and ideals that emerged from it—impacted me then and will always be a huge part of who I am today.”

Robert “Mac” McWhirter, MD, has been a Member of Patriots Circle since 2014. His father, Stanley B. McWhirter, was a first-generation immigrant from Scotland who came to the United States in 1920. A welder by trade, Stanley participated in the Manhattan Project, working with different metal weld components for atomic bombs.

“Given the secrecy of the project, my dad didn’t realize the importance of his fabrications, but there was great concern that the bombs would break apart midair,” said McWhirter. “Obviously that did not happen, so I believe his craftsmanship played a small but important role in the successful detonations of the bombs and ending the war.” After the war, Stanley was given a commendation for his efforts and participation in the project.

As for McWhirter, his fascination with World War II started as a child. Part of the baby boom generation, he enjoyed learning about the war. McWhirter fondly recalls watching the television show Victory at Sea, a documentary television series about warfare—in particular naval combat—during World War II, as well as the use of industry in warfare, creating a meaningful

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Beth and Vernon Kliebert, Jr. Captain Robert Bentel Robert Henry Bentel, WWII Veteran LT Christopher Kliebert

Mr. Edward Klima Edward E. Klima, WWII Home Front

Mr. “E J” KnapikRobert and Betty Knight

Fred Franklin Knight, WWII VeteranMr. Andrew KnottsDr. Lorraine A. Kobett

Victor B. Kobett, WWII VeteranMr. George Kopchinsky, Jr.

Joseph Kopchinski, WWII VeteranMs. Carole Koren

Joseph Galati, WWII Veteran Celia Galati, WWII Home Front

Susan J. Krider Col. Ralph Ward Jones (Ret.), WWII Veteran

Mr. Ken Kriz Ernie Coufal, WWII Veteran Don Kriz, WWII Veteran Evelyn Kriz, WWII Home Front Lad Kriz, WWII Veteran

Diana Kouns Kuhlman Robert Lee Kouns, Jr., WWII Veteran

Robert "Moose" KustraSteven T. KuykendallMs. Betty J. LaBonte

George Victor LaBonte, Jr., WWII Veteran

Lucien Laborde, Jr. Alden J. Laborde, WWII Veteran John P. Laborde, WWII Veteran Lucien P. Laborde, WWII Veteran

Dr. and Mrs. William S. LaCorteSue Hand Lampton

James M. Snedigar, WWII Veteran Louis F. Snedigar, WWII Veteran

Dr. Karen Landers Delbert F. Wombacher, WWII Veteran

Elizabeth and James Landis Frederick S. Landis, WWII Veteran

Mr. Craig N. Landrum Malcom Lamar Landrum, WWII Veteran James Albert Altman, WWII Veteran

Mr. Eddie J. Landry Eddie Landry, Sr., WWII Veteran Fert Daigle, WWII Veteran Conward Henderson, WWII Veteran Donald Nixon, WWII Veteran John Hugh Nixon, WWII Veteran Manny Pierron, WWII Veteran

Rob LangMr. Clarke LangrallJay LapeyreMr. William E. Lauer

William Leonard Lauer, WWII VeteranMr. Jorge Lauriano, Jr.

Robert WilliamThe Lauricella Land Company Foundation

Senator Hank LauricellaMr. and Mrs. David L. Laxton III

David L. Laxton, Jr., WWII Veteran John Parks Laxton, WWII Veteran Zelma B. Fry, WWII Veteran

Page G. Lea Wallace Bruce Lea, WWII Veteran

Ms. Anne Lear George R. Lear, WWII Veteran

Dr. Vincent W. Leaver Vincent Hill Leaver, WWII Veteran Pat Leaver King, WWII Home Front Doris Eddins Leave, WWII Home Front

M/Sgt. Lionel L. LeBlanc Raphael G. LeBlanc Brig. Gen. Garrison Thyng, WWII Veteran

Ms. Mary Ann Lee Stephen V. Lee, WWII Veteran James T. Lamb, WWII Veteran

Mr. Melvyn Lefkowitz

Mark and Patti Lenz Harold Weinzierl, WWII Veteran

Col. and Mrs. Robert P. Leroux Tech Sgt. Robert P. Leroux, WWII Veteran

Mr. Mark LestikowAron Levine

Fred GalantyMr. Ralph Levoy

Ralph J. Gioncardi, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. Robert Levy

Capt. Ben Levy, Jr.Mr. David J. Levy

Harvey White, WWII Veteran Sgt. Alexander S. Gibson, WWII Veteran Alex Gibson, WWII Veteran MSGT. William Lahman, WWII Veteran

Mr. H. Irwin LevyGeoff Lewis

William Raymond LewisMr. Steven Liebzeit

Merlin E. Liebzeit, WWII VeteranWalter S. Light

Walter Leverett, WWII Veteran O. J. Camp, Jr., WWII Veteran Wallace Martin, WWII Veteran

Brenda S. Likens Eugene "Gene" E. Likens, WWII Veteran Howard H. Huff, WWII Veteran Lois M. Huff, WWII Home Front

Dr. Deborah L. Lindquist Howard Lindquist, WWII Veteran Pauline Hershiser Lindquist, WWII Home Front

John and Kim LloydMark LoecheltDonavon and Glorianne Loeslie

David Fort, WWII Veteran Glen Jostad, WWII Veteran Bob Christiansen, WWII Veteran

Guy LombardGerald Lotenberg, WWII VeteranMr. Park Loughlin, WWII VeteranLarry J. Loving

Harry Loving, WWII Veteran James R. Loving, WWII Veteran

Jane and Lloyd Lovitt Endowment Fund Lloyd B. Lovitt, Jr.

Ms. Betty C. Low Anthony Joseph Costa, WWII Veteran

Ms. Kurtice C. Luther John Wesley Luther, WWII Veteran

Col. Kathleen M. Lux Cpt. Donald G. Lux (Ret.), USN, WWII Veteran Harriet H. Lux, WWII Home Front

General and Mrs. William Lyon Major General William Lyon, WWII Veteran

Virginia and Francis S. Maas Paolo G. Parras, WWII Veteran

Mr. Warren Mabbitt Everett Mabbitt, Jr., WWII Veteran Glen Mabbitt, Sr., WWII Veteran Kenneth Mabbitt, WWII Veteran

William MacClarence, WWII Veteran John MacClarence, WWII Veteran

Donald A. MacDonald Stuart W. MacDonald, WWII Veteran Stanley E. McDonald, WWII Veteran Orien MacDonald, WWII Veteran Clifford Stover, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Rebecca MackieC. Ellen MacNeil

Staff Sgt. James "Pete" W. MacNeil, WWII Veteran

Lorinda Beth MadisonMs. Karen Maerz

John A. Loew, WWII Veteran Philip E. Allen, WWII Veteran Cornelius J. Loew, WWII Veteran John L. Allen, WWII Veteran

Georges MaillotDr. and Mrs. Neil J. Maki

James Meza, Jr.Ms. Melisse MezaMiami Corporation

Andre V. Wogan, WWII Veteran George T. Wogan, WWII Veteran Paul N. Wogan, WWII Veteran

Diane Garber Miller Julian P. Garber, WWII Veteran Mary Duke Garber, WWII Home Front

Henry K. and Penny S. Miller, Jr.Mr. Robert T. Miller

Charles Miller, WWII VeteranMs. Jennifer A. Miller

Vincent Abbott, WWII VeteranR. E. "Bob" MillerWilliam A. Miller, Jr. and Patricia L. Miller

Donald E. Miller, WWII Veteran Robert S. Miller, WWII Veteran William A. Miller, WWII Veteran Ernest T. Peterson, WWII Veteran

Gregory MinerCharles K. and Lorraine W. Minton

Sgt. Ned Jones Winkler, WWII VeteranMs. Vivian Z. Mirza

Bruno Zucchelli, WWII VeteranTom and Joan Mistler

Alvin Jess Mistler, WWII Veteran Captain John Walter Mistler, WWII Veteran

Ronald and Cynthia Mistrot Robert Najolia, WWII Veteran

John Mock and Margaret Mock Major Walter C. Bliel, WWII Veteran Don Fishbeck, Jr., WWII Veteran

Mark G. Mod Bill Mod, USN, WWII Veteran George Mod, USAAF, WWII Veteran Jim Mod, USN, WWII Veteran Robert Mod, USN, WWII Veteran

Louise H. Moffett Family Foundation Walter Paul Hohmann, Jr., WWII Veteran

K. E. MontagueMr. Michael R. Montoya

and Mrs. Dorthea Montoya Eustaquio Montoya, WWII Veteran John D. Villa, WWII Veteran

Joseph B. Moore Norman W. Allen

Mr. Steven Michael Morgan Harry D. Morganstein, WWII Veteran

James and Janet Morgan Lloyd Eldridge Kelly, WWII Veteran Captain Richard B. Linnekin, WWII Veteran Charles Robert Kelly, WWII Veteran

Morris Kurtzon Inc Captain David Koch, WWII Veteran

Mae Morris Joseph Leighton Fail, WWII Veteran Charlie Marion Morris, WWII Veteran Clayton Tucker, WWII Veteran

Ms. Lisa Morris William Shelton Morris, WWII Veteran Conrad Doyle Morris, WWII Veteran Donald Jean Morris, WWII Veteran

Ward and Carolyn MorrisMs. Dorothe J. MortonMr. Bruno J. Moschetta

Anthony Moschetta, WWII Veteran Anthony Ferrara, US Army, WWII Veteran

Ken B. MurphyRichard A. MurrayMs. Doris M. Myers

Harry Wayne Myers, WWII VeteranMr. Steven Nelson

Ted L. NelsonMs. Ilse Niedermayer

Walter T. Niedermayer, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. William G. Nielsen

Fred Gula, WWII Veteran O. Al Aaker, WWII Veteran James Redmond, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Chris F. Nix, WWII VeteranDouchka H. Noren

Joop Herschel Nora Herschel

Mr. David NorrisAva and Leon Nowalsky

Harry Nowalsky, WWII VeteranBradley P. Noyes, USNRDr. John L. Ochsner, Sr., WWII VeteranJoseph O'Dowd

Philip O'Dowd, WWII VeteranYoshiharu Ohara, WWII VeteranMr. Thomas O'Keefe

Michael Roy O'Keefe, Jr., WWII VeteranHoward and Julie Okum

CDR Maurice D. Okum, WWII VeteranDouglas G. Oldham

Albert S. Buck, WWII Veteran Claude F. Hone, WWII Veteran Mesmin M. Orchard, WWII Veteran Richard M. Schneider, WWII Veteran Frank A. Schneider, WWII Veteran Gordon Oldham, WWII Veteran

Mr. Dan O'Leary Capt. Robert Wendell Stewart, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Frances Olsen CMSGT Leonard E. Olsen, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey O'Neill Charles T. Zatarain, WWII Veteran

Dr. Gina Orton Cobbs Charlie Eddie Cobbs, WWII Veteran Spencer Wattley, WWII Veteran

Ms. Jeanne Ostnes John R. Bullard, WWII Veteran Emmett E. Dugan, WWII Veteran Leif Rudolph Ostnes, WWII Veteran George T. Wallace, WWII Veteran

Mark and Karen Ostrowski Edward Kwiatkowski, WWII Veteran Frank Ostrowski, WWII Veteran

Lucinda and Rigby Owen, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Carey Page

Woodrow W. Page, US Army, WWII Veteran

Dr. James and Eva Pappas Charitable Fund Grant at the Arkansas Community Foundation Angelo Pappas, WWII Home Front

Ms. Elaine Parkhurst Kenneth Parkhurst, WWII Veteran

Mr. James C. Parrie Peter Paul Parrie, WWII Home Front

Paul Parrie Peter Paul Parrie, WWII Home Front

Mr. Ed ParsonMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and Mary Ann Parsons

Jesse Robert Brown, WWII Veteran Frank H. Foster, WWII Veteran Robert S. Phillip, WWII Veteran

Mr. John Paul Cleo C. Paul, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Everett PaupMr. Irvin Payne

Irvin L. Payne, Jr., WWII VeteranMs. Joan H. Pease

Major Bradford N. Pease, M.D.Ms. Cheryl K. Pelton

Frederick C. Wallraff, WWII Veteran John H. Wallraff, WWII Veteran John A. Rogers, WWII Veteran

Mr. Robert S. Perkin R. L. "Buddy" Vanderheyden, WWII Veteran

Mr. Daniel J. Phelan William P. Phelan, WWII Veteran

Dr. and Mrs. Lynn J. Philippe Joseph Hewitt Philippe, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. PhilipsonMr. and Mrs. Dick H. Piner, Jr.

Mr. Jerold Jacobson Major General Maurice Rose, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Hans G. Jepson Colonel Hans G. Jepson, WWII Veteran

Col. William Jernigan, USAF (Ret.) S1C William Eugene Jernigan, USN, WWII Veteran John Marion Hayes, WWII Home Front

Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson R. E. Bull, WWII Veteran W. D. Johnson, WWII Veteran

Mr. Charles G. Johnson Walter Giles Johnson, Jr., WWII Veteran

Ms. Anne Johnson Laurence F. Krebs, WWII Veteran

Ms. Virginia F. JohnsonMr. Richard Johnston

Lt. Col. Robert M. Tremmel, WWII Veteran PFC John O. Tremmel, WWII KIA

Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Jones Robert Hausser, WWII Veteran Alexander Ford Sasser, Jr., WWII Veteran

Elaine Cruz Jones Kenneth Thomas Jones, Jr., WWII Veteran

Louise A. Jones Dorothy Agee, WWII Home Front Stanton Agee, WWII Veteran

Mr. Alan Jones Horatio Gates Jones, WWII Veteran

Mr. Ralph Jones William Ralph Jones, Jr., WWII Veteran

Mr. Thomas Kaczynski, Jr.Charles Kahn, Jr.Mr. David Kahn

Max E. Kahn, WWII VeteranDr. and Mrs. Jack Kaplan

Bernard Kaplan, WWII Veteran Stuart Wintner, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy O. Kappert, Jr.Matsuko Kuwahara Kawaharada

Makita Kawaharada, WWII VeteranKeeler Motor Car Company Charitable

FoundationBrian KeeltyJoseph Donald Kehoe, WWII VeteranKelly Family FoundationGerald and Robert Kelly

Col. Robert Harper Kelly, WWII VeteranMr. David KellyJohn and Gayle Kelsey

Mavis P. Kelsey, M.D., USAAC, WWII Veteran

Ms. Helen L. Kennedy Edward C. Kennedy, WWII Home Front

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kennedy Thomas E. Kennedy, Sr., WWII Veteran John Austin Garside, Sr., WWII Veteran Salvador Barcelona, Korean War Veteran

Paul Ketteridge George F. Ketteridge, WWII Veteran Frederick Lapp, WWII Veteran

John M. KeyMs. Suni Kim

Suni Choi Kim, WWII Home Front Chung Shik Kim

John Kinghan and David Lawrence Chambers III David Lawrence Chambers II, WWII Veteran

Mr. Peter Kingston Lt. John C. Kingston, WWII Veteran

Dr. David and Mrs. Lori Kinnard James G. Tate, Army Air Forces

Glenn V. Kinsey Norman V. Kinsey, WWII Veteran

Mr. Jim Kissler Lawrence Harvey Kissler, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. KitsonMs. Toshiye Kiyoi

Guy Takeshi Kiyoi, WWII VeteranLarry M. Klairmont

Larry Klairmont, WWII Veteran

Dr. and Mrs. Francis Pisney Adolph J. Pisney, WWII Veteran John Morrissey, WWII Veteran Joseph Trachta, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. PlaggeDavid H. Platt

Beatrice Platt, WWII Home Front Sidney Platt, WWII Veteran

Leo J. Polack Donald V. Polack, WWII Veteran Jerry Ingebrignston, WWII Veteran

Sandra Murray Polk James Wray Murray, WWII Veteran Jean Magee Murray, WWII Home Front John Rosser Murray, WWII Home Front Ruffner Page Murray, WWII Veteran

Harlan and Hannah Kay Pollock Family Philanthropic Fund of the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation Herbert Ellis Pollock, M.D., WWII Veteran

C. Anne Pontius Capt. Eugene Cameron Pontius, WWII Veteran

Ms. Dee Poole J. P. Poole, WWII Veteran

John R. PopeWilliam J. Popovic

Robert F. Schwent, WWII VeteranMr. John C. PortwoodMr. Michael R. PotackMs. Carmen I. Powers

Marlin D. Powers, WWII VeteranHerman J. "Dutch" and Jane Prager, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell PratteMr. Jerry PreciseMr. David Preng

Edward Prengowski, WWII Veteran Edward Maras, WWII Veteran

Steve PriceLauren E. PrinceMr. and Mrs. Anthony Mark Puskarich

Anthony Puskarich, WWII Veteran Walter Puhowsky, WWII Veteran Walter V. Latino, WWII Veteran

Todd R. Puthoff Don R. Puthoff James D. Potterf

Natalie L. and Samuel M. Rabicoff Lt. Col. Obbie Lewis

Ms. Anna C. Radel Earl Radel, WWII Veteran John L. Radel, WWII Veteran

Dr. and Mrs. John M. Rainey Leonard Lee Rainey, WWII Veteran Lowell Doescher, WWII Veteran Thomas Crochet, WWII Veteran Lloyd Doescher, WWII Veteran Davis Belanger, WWII Veteran Roland Belanger, WWII Veteran

Rainold Family Foundation Emile A. Rainold, Jr., WWII Veteran

Ms. Cordelia T. Ramsaur Captain Raymond E. Gorton, WWII Veteran

Mr. Dwight Bo Ramsay, WWII VeteranAudrey Sternberg Raphael

Sherman F. Raphael, WWII Veteran Manfred Sternberg, WWII Veteran Lester J. Levy, WWII Veteran

J. C. RathborneMr. Keith O. Rattie

Robert E. Rattie, WWII VeteranRDT, Inc.

Evelyn H. Tillery, WWII Home Front Capt. Robert V. Goodlin, Jr., WWII Veteran

Mr. Clifford J. Reeder, WWII VeteranDr. Scott R. Rehm

Major George Preddy, WWII VeteranMr. Russell Reitz

Melvin David Reitz, WWII VeteranMr. James A. Remington

John Fredrick Remington, WWII Veteran

Frederick and Linda R. Mangelsdorf Theodore A. Mangelsdorf William G. "Bill" Newnam, WWII Veteran

Ms. Florence F. Marino Lt. Frank S. Marino, M.D., WWII Veteran

James and Shirley Martin James R. Martin, WWII Veteran C. L. Peterson, WWII Veteran

Roy M. Martin O. V. Martin, WWII Veteran

Mr. Joseph MartinelliAudrey M. Martino

John A. Martino, WWII VeteranMr. Thomas L. Mason

Joseph Eazer, WWII Veteran Thomas Eazer, WWII Veteran

Ms. Cecylia Matecki Bruno Matecki, WWII Veteran

Ms. Linda Mathews Glenard R. McVeigh, WWII Veteran

Mae Mattson Alton Owen Mattson, WWII Veteran

Dr. Andrew P. Mayer and Dr. Georgia McDonald Randell S. Mayer, Jr., WWII Veteran

Ms. Edna L. Mayo Jack Ward Mayo, WWII Veteran

Mr. Julien L. McCall, WWII VeteranEllen Young McClain

Walter S. Young, Jr., WWII VeteranMr. Robert McCollumHunter McConnell, Jr., WWII VeteranMs. Patricia McCormack

John W. "Red" McCormackMichael and Susan McCoy

Elzie Lee "Blue" Lucas, WWII VeteranJohn M. McCuneJohn McCuneMelinda McCurry

Charles Eugene McCurry, WWII Veteran George Dwight McCurry, WWII Veteran Geraldine Ferguson McCurry, WWII Veteran Richard Paul McCurry, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Eugene McDermott Eugene McDermott, WWII Veteran

Craig and Ann McDonaldE. Jean McDuffieTommy W. McGuireSam S. McKeel, WWII Veteran

James Gardner, Jr., WWII VeteranWilliam L. McKenna

1st Sgt. William Xavier McKenna, USAAF, WWII Veteran SSgt. Albert J. Hopper, US Army, WWII Veteran

Jackie McKnight T. G. Zager, WWII Veteran Elmer Shinn, WWII Veteran John Joe McKnight, WWII Veteran

Peter and Cecily McLeanMr. and Mrs. Robert B. McLeodThomas J. McManus

James F. McManus, WWII VeteranMs. Judith Kurcz McNicholas

Gerald Vincent Byrnes, WWII Veteran MSgt. Frank Charles McNicholas

Mr. Henry E. Meadows Charles E. Sealy Claude W. Meadows, Jr. Lt. John B. Thomas, Jr.

Lt. Col. Patricia A. Meid, USMCR (Ret.)Mr. John A. MellowesMartha and Jeff Melvoin

James R. Hartnett, WWII VeteranMrs. Nancy Merritt

Kerry Glen Merritt, US Army, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Meyers Douglas W. McIlhenny, WWII Veteran Lt. Cmdr. James J. Meyers, WWII Veteran

Paul B. RepettoMs. June Reynolds

PFC Luther Watson Reynolds, Jr., WWII Veteran

Ms. Marilyn Reznick Jerome S. Reznick, WWII Veteran

Mary Sue Richards Rose Mary Gudgeon Drabik, WWII Home Front Henry Francis Drabik, WWII Veteran

Frank H. Richardson Dale Richardson, WWII Veteran Avery Coulter, WWII Veteran Clare C. Richardson, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Richardson Major Todd Brown Richardson, US Marines Charles Ellis Brown, WWII Veteran

Ms. Sandra Richardson Captain Edgel "Rich" Richardson, WWII Veteran

Scott RichardsonCol. David T. Rigdon

Bryon W. Jones, WWII Veteran James "Ted" Rigdon, WWII Veteran

River Birch, Inc.RNR Cross Family FoundationMr. Dana J. Roberts

Carl Wayne Roberts, WWII VeteranRobert T. Robertson

Robert G. Robertson, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Robison

Kelly Hunt Jack L. Hunt Thomas William Robison, WWII Veteran

Dr. Alan M. Robson Oswell Robson William "Bill" Robinson, WWII KIA

Mr. and Mrs. William F. RoemerCDR. Michael H. Rogers

ACMM Harrison Holmes Rogers, WWII Veteran

Ms. Roberta F. Rogers Joel A. Rogers, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Zat Rolle Dick Rolle, WWII Veteran

Ms. Jean Roman Robert Ernest Roman, WWII Veteran

Rear Admiral Robert A. Rosen, NYNM (Ret.) Boysie Bollinger

Daniel D. Ross and Joan L. RossMr. Larry Ross

William Fay Ross, WWII VeteranMr. Robert Rothman

Harold Rothman, WWII VeteranMs. Catherine Rotolo

Charles Salvatore Rotolo, WWII VeteranAnthony J. Rouse

Joseph Rouse, WWII VeteranMansel and Brenda RubensteinMr. Michael Rue

Raymond F. Chappuis, WWII VeteranMr. Gary RupnikMr. Matthew B. SaacksThe SahanDaywi FoundationPatricia R. Sallin

1st Lieutenant John H. Sallin, WWII Veteran 1st Lieutenant Kathleen Prince Sallin, WWII Veteran

Dr. Neal Sanders Robert Lee Overton, WWII Veteran W. C. Lady, WWII Veteran

Dr. Marlin Elijah Sandlin, Jr. Sgt. Roland Chaisson, WWII Veteran

Mr. Robert Sanson, WWII Veteran Edward John Sanson, WWII Veteran Henry Ernest Sanson III, WWII Veteran

Drs. Stephen and Mary SappDennis and Kathleen Schabacker

Ernest Nagy, WWII Veteran Kenneth Woodstrom, WWII Veteran


Charles Shoemate Richard Osborne Shoemate, WWII Veteran

Kenneth E. ShumanMrs. Arlene K. Silver

Sgt. Perry Kuniansky, WWII VeteranMs. Elida R. Silver

Edward Sawyer, WWII Veteran Walton Andrus, WWII Veteran Richard L. Silver, WWII Veteran

Drs. James H. and Peggy Soileau Simmons Sgt. Albert Bingham Cantrelle, WWII Veteran Melvin Dies, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Betty M. Simmons Joseph S. Simmons, WWII Veteran

Shirley B. SimpsonMr. John Lawrence Skolds

Dale Clark Skolds, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. William and Mary Skroch

James A. Gigl, WWII Veteran Simon R. Skroch, WWII Veteran

John B. SlaterMike and Liz Slive

Ben Slive, WWII Veteran Jack Slive, WWII Veteran Morris Ginsberg, WWII Veteran Sol Gingold, WWII Veteran Sol Slive, WWII Home Front

Capt. Samuel W. Smith, WWII VeteranJanet Buchanan Smith

Lt. Colonel Donald P. Buchanan, WWII Veteran

Linda and Lee Smith Col. Lee G. Smith, Sr. (Ret.), WWII Veteran

Lt. General Jeffrey G. Smith, WWII Veteran Col. Henry J. M. Smith, WWII Veteran

Marc and Cathy Smith Bernard A. Smith, WWII Veteran Kenneth Bartley Reash, WWII Veteran Edwin Smith, WWII Veteran Herbert Smith, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney T. Smith Marion Leroy Mize, WWII Veteran Rex Henderson Crockett, WWII Veteran Sidney Theodore Smith, WWII Veteran

Pamela and Charles R. Smith Charles R. Smith, WWII Veteran

Dr. Ellouise Bruce Sneed Jasper Bruce, WWII Veteran Tillman Bruce, WWII Veteran Clell Bruce, WWII Veteran Arthur Eugene Day, WWII Veteran Leon Day, WWII Veteran

David E. Snowden, Sr. Lt. Col. John B. Snowden II, WWII KIA Sgt. John B. Snowden, Jr., WWII KIA Col. Robert G. Snowden, USMC, WWII Veteran

Ms. Margaret E. Snowdon, WWII Veteran Arthur Francis Edwards, WWII Veteran Charles Taft Snowdon, WWII Veteran

W. Cordes Snyder, WWII Home Front

Delores Soroe Major Louis Soroe, USAF, WWII and Korean War Veteran

Thomas F. Soule, Jr. S/Sgt. Young W. Whelchel, WWII Veteran Cpl. Thomas F. Soule, Sr., WWII Veteran

Fred S. Soules, WWII VeteranMr. Stephen Spence

Henry Norris Spence, WWII VeteranJohn W. Spencer

Dean Perry, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Spitler

Wesley Allen Pitcock, WWII Veteran Hugh Franklin Spitler, WWII Veteran

Mr. David and Dr. Gail SpivackPamela Sporing and Steven Altman

William Sporing, WWII VeteranHugh Stephen Spruill,

WWII Veteran

Leigh and William H. Stubbs Brig. General Clyde Massey, US Army, WWII Veteran Thomas H. Stubbs, WWII Veteran

Spencer Stubbs and Joan PedrottiDr. Fred and Debbie StuckerEstelle B. Sullivan

Richard M. Sullivan, WWII VeteranMs. Abbie SumnersMrs. Yuri Sunbury

MSgt. Russell W. Sunbury, WWII VeteranMr. Bernard Sussman

Murray J. Sussman, WWII VeteranDrs. Edwin and Dorothy SvedMichael A. Swanner

Chester Swanner, WWII VeteranWallace A. Swanson, Jr.

CPT Wallace A. Swanson, USA, WWII Veteran Thelma C. (Jeanne) Swanson, ANC, WWII Veteran

Ms. Nancy Sweetland Eugene David Sweetland, WWII Veteran

Ms. Marilyn Szulman-Jones James Carey Jones, WWII Veteran

Mr. Leonard TavernettiMs. Rita Taylor

Louis L. Spano, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. Clyde A. Tew, Jr.

L. M. Barnett, WWII Veteran W. W. Tew, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Thibodeaux Roy O. Martin, WWII Veteran Wilson E. Thibodeaux, WWII Veteran

Col. Paul A. Thomas Madge Murphy Thomas, WWII Home Front

Dorothy E. (Betty) Thomas William Fred Thomas, WWII Veteran

Daniel Thompson Joseph Horace Abell, WWII Veteran William Wibel Thompson, WWII Veteran

The Thompson Family Cpt. Michael Charles Bevis Cpt. Stanford Dawson Bevis, WWII Veteran PFC Brandon David Lambert Lt. Col. William Marshall Montgomery, WWII Veteran

Jack W. ThomsonDr. and Mrs. Henry K. Threefoot,

WWII VeteranMr. Karrick ThresherYvonne G. Thurber

Harold S. Thurber, WWII Veteran Herbert T. Thurber Milton H. Finger, WWII Veteran

Mr. William C. Timmermeister John W. Timmermeister, WWII Veteran

The Timon Family Charles A. Timon, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Cynthia Knodel Tollefson Herbert Rufus Tollefson, WWII Veteran Edward Knodel, WWII Veteran Rueben Knodel, WWII Veteran Floyd Knodel, WWII Veteran Raymond Knodel, WWII Veteran Laverne G. Tollefson Walter Knodel, WWII Veteran

Ms. Rebecca G. Townsend Wendell Townsend, WWII Veteran

Mr. Jeff E. Towslee and Dr. Susan D. Borchers

Mr. Thomas Travis Louis Trabitz Travis, WWII Veteran

Bruce Stuart Trembly Ralph E. Crump, WWII Veteran Grevilda Snider Trembly, WWII Home Front Cornelia Snider Yarrington, WWII Home Front

Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Trosclair, Jr. Joseph P. Koehl, WWII Veteran Anthony Poloma, WWII Veteran "Red" Benjamin McHughes, WWII Veteran

Kenneth E. Tucker, Jr. Kenneth E. Tucker, WWII Veteran Pauline A. Fretz Tucker, WWII Veteran

Captain and Mrs. William M. Turner LCDR. Jules Brown, WWII Veteran Lt. Robert G. Haik, WWII Veteran

Mr. Sebastian Turso MSgt. Rocco W. Turso, Sr., WWII Veteran

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. Donald Unverferth, WWII Veteran Richard A. Unverferth, WWII Veteran Virgil L. Unverferth, WWII Veteran

Florence T. Upson David Richardson Upson, USN, WWII Veteran

D. Van Denburgh John Perkins Van Denburgh, WWII Veteran

Van Der Linden Family FoundationMs. Gloria B. Van Norden

Mr. Langdon Van Norden, WWII VeteranScott VanNederynenMr. Vincent Vecchiotti, WWII VeteranMr. Gary R Veeh

George M. Veeh, WWII VeteranEmily N. Vincent

Jack L. Vincent, WWII VeteranMr. Drury L. Vinton

William H. Vinton, Jr., WWII VeteranPatrick J. Wade, M.D.Ms. Deborah L. Waggoner

Woodrow Wilson WaggonerMrs. Joyce E. Wagner

Joseph M. Wagner, WWII Veteran Percy P. Matheson, WWII Veteran Ernest R. Hersom, WWII Veteran Karl Clifford Wagner, WWII Veteran John N. Matheson, WWII Veteran

R. P. WailesMrs. Rochelle Walker

Harris Joseph Foret, WWII VeteranMr. Michael R. WallaceDr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Wallenhaupt

Lee Rol Wallenhaupt, WWII Veteran Joseph Kenneth Hamilton, WWII Veteran Young Ben Barber, WWII Veteran

Franklin H. WardMr. James E. Warne, Jr., WWII VeteranDoc and Mim Warner

Col. Harold Ryder, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Warner

Henry Doeer, WWII Veteran Barney Warner, WWII Veteran David Warner, WWII Veteran Frank Warner, WWII Veteran Henry T. Warner, WWII Veteran M. A. Warner, WWII Veteran

Donald Arthur Washburn Donald Washburn, WWII Veteran

George Patton Waters General John K. Waters, WWII Veteran

Mr. William B. WatkinsWilliam C. Watterson

Fred Sprague, WWII VeteranDr. Raymond G. Watts

James B. Watts, WWII Veteran Peter McDermott, WWII Veteran

William D. Welch Robert J. Welch, WWII Veteran

Mr. John Weltevrede Peter Weltevrede, WWII Veteran

Ms. Patricia Wessler Paul H. Wessler, WWII Veteran

Raymond J. LaJeunesse, Jr. and Jade C. West Raymond LaJeunesse, WWII Veteran

Adrienne and Walt WhatleyAlice Young Wheatley

John Ed Phillips, WWII VeteranCapt. and Mrs. John S. White, USN (Ret.)

Sgt. George Garitty, WWII Veteran

Edward and Susan Scheinuk John Morgan Carlin, WWII Veteran

Mr. Harry Scher Edith Bard Amalia Eisenscher Leo Eisenscher Sylvia Scher

Thomas Scherschel, M.D. John P. Scherschel, M.D., WWII Veteran

The Schiff Foundation John M. Schiff, WWII Veteran

Paul and Marilyn Schilling Charitable Donor Fund

Renee and Herbie Schilling Herbert E. Schilling, WWII Veteran Sylvon Rene Vidrine, WWII Veteran

Steve SchmidtMr. Edward Schneider

Samuel D. Schneider, WWII VeteranJames W. Schoellerman

Alvin L. Schoellerman, WWII Veteran William W. Schoellerman Carol White, WWII Veteran

P. A. Schroeder Donald C. Spong, WWII Veteran

Mary E. Schultz Captain William J. Schultz, WWII Veteran

Russell K. Schulze Harold E. Scott

Kathryn and Jeff ScurlockBobby Stone Shackouls

David Edward Shackouls, WWII VeteranMr. Jim ShalleyMr. Ralph ShapiroRADM and Mrs. Michael W. Shelton

MU1 William W. Shelton, WWII VeteranChristopher Shepard

William Wooten, WWII VeteranMs. Dorothy Shepard

Lt. Col. Robert F. Shepard, WWII VeteranJohn and Marny Sherman

Dr. and Mrs. John S. White II Floyd Smurr, WWII Veteran Roy T. Michael, WWII Veteran William White, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wilkinson Merrill Smith, WWII Veteran

Captain Richard S. (Sam) and Beth Williams, USN (Ret.) Captain Cyrus Falconer Fitton, USN (Ret.), WWII Veteran

Dal and Christina Williams Edward Roy Youngs, WWII Veteran

Hershel Woody WilliamsMr. Hershal R. Williams

John C. Dahn, Sr.Mr. Robert J. A. and Norris S. L. Williams

"Commodore" Thomas J. Lupo, WWII Veteran Robert E. Smith Lupo George Elliot Williams, Jr., WWII Veteran

Mrs. Harold B. Williams Harold B. Williams, WWII Veteran

SGM Hubert M. Williams, U.S. Army (Ret.) Olen Williams, WWII Home Front

Ms. Judith Wilson Thomas Brennan, WWII Veteran Col. Cornelius J. Wilson, WWII Veteran John F. Croall, Jr., WWII Veteran George F. McGeough, WWII Veteran John J. McGeough, WWII Veteran

Edwin Wilson, WWII VeteranMr. Jay Winford

Joseph Richard Crosby, WWII VeteranMr. Turner A. Wingo

Frank Davis, Jr., WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Wink, Jr.

Lt. Col. Joseph C. Wink, WWII Veteran Herbert Smith, WWI Veteran Albert Henley, USN, WWII Veteran

Mr. Richard L. Winter Melvin Lawrence Winter, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Gay Wirth George Victor Luckett, WWII Veteran

Mrs. Carol B. Wise Ms. Pamela Friedler Roswell J. Weil, WWII Veteran

Mr. Raymond Wisniewski Francis J. Walsh, Sr., WWII Veteran

Mr. John Charles Wohlstetter William Friedman, WWII Veteran

Ms. Margaret R. Wood Leonard E. Wood, WWII Veteran

Peter Wood A. Wilson Wood, WWII Veteran

Mark Woody John Foy Hanley, WWII Veteran

Kathie Woolard Frank X. Woolard, WWII Veteran Robert Perkins Berryman, WWII Veteran

Mr. Richard Workman Lt. Clair Bardsley, WWII Veteran Meltian Grant Workman, WWII Veteran

Ida S. Worthington G. T. Worthington, WWII Veteran Jack Thurman, WWII Veteran

Maria Jose R. Wright Joseph William Reddick, WWII Veteran

Mr. Peter W. Wright MM1 Warren Francis Wright, WWII Veteran

G. Richard Wynn Dr. George Howard Wynn, WWII Veteran

L. R. YatesMrs. Frances Yates

Emmett Lee Cary, WWII Home FrontS. Yih

Shon C. Yih, WWII VeteranMr. and Mrs. John A. YonoverChapman Young III

Major Chapman Young, Jr., WWII VeteranMindy and Bill Young Charitable Trust

S. Earl Young, M.D., WWII Veteran

Mr. Robert SpuhlerDr. Kevin St. ClairMr. Michael Stanberry

Wallace A. Stanberry, WWII Veteran

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Stanley Ernest Greci, US Navy, WWII Veteran

Mr. William D. Stegbauer Frank T. Stegbauer, WWII Veteran

Robert Sternhell and Norma GraceMr. James Steverson

James Woodrow Steverson, WWII Veteran

Mark A. Stewart Col. Charles N. (Chuck) Baldwin, WWII Veteran Reg Duncan, WWII Veteran

Patti P. Stewart and Robert Z. Stewart David H. Porter, Jr., WWII Veteran

Maryanna Stockholm Dr. Frank L. A. Gerbode, WWII Veteran

Col. Galen L. Stone, WWII Veteran Robert Gregg Stone, WWII Veteran

Mr. James E. Stott Arthur E. Hager, WWII Home Front Keith Anderson, WWII Veteran

Mr. Edward Stout, WWII VeteranGeorge M. StrackStrand Associates, Inc.Karen Strand

Robert R. Hohnhorst, WWII VeteranMs. Edith Goff Street

Clarence Ellis Goff, WWII Veteran Ralph Eugene Goff, WWII Veteran Warren Hassell Goff, WWII Veteran

Russel and Tricia Stromberg Ben C. Stromberg, WWII Veteran Orville Stromberg, WWII Veteran

Dr. Gary B. Strong Rexford Cunningham, WWII Veteran John P. Strong, WWII Veteran

Ms. Merri Zilka Willie Charles Boehme, WWII Home Front

Mr. Sammy R. Zito Melvin Tarver, WWII Veteran

Ms. Susan Brooks Zlaket Lt. Col. John A. Brooks, Jr., WWII Veteran

Robert ZoellickMr. Kurt Zuch

Charles Thompson Zuch, WWII Veteran Ronald Charles Zuch, USN Alex Olenic, WWII Veteran Hubert Andrew Mullins, WWII Veteran

And Eight Others Who Wish to Remain Anonymous M. Joanne "Jody" Belden, WWII Home Front Mary Ellen A. Belden, WWII Home Front Sgt. William E. Belden, WWII Veteran Donald J. Boucher, Sr., WWII Veteran Jean Boucher, WWII Veteran Bernice Brown, WWII Veteran E. Francis Brown, WWII Veteran William Brown, WWII Veteran Frank Chebetar, WWII Veteran John E. Crow, WWII Veteran C. Paul Hilliard, WWII Veteran Joe Perkins Horn, WWII Veteran Richard Junghans, WWII Veteran C. Dewey Peterson, WWII Veteran Edward Lloyd Peterson, WWII Veteran Richard R. Peterson, WWII Veteran Woodrow Peterson, WWII Veteran Vito Vosilus, WWII Veteran

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those years of national dislocation,” said Cornelia. As further explained by Grevilda, “We children even kept the secret of the federal agent who was stationed in our father’s general store to watch for enemy agents.” Their family home served as a mock French residence in practice maneuvers for the Normandy invasion. “No New Year’s Eve or Fourth of July fireworks display has ever compared in pageantry to the awe-inspiring sight of paratroopers dropping from the sky down into our front yard,” recalled Cornelia.

Trembly’s family was not without tragedy during the war. His mother’s cousin, Lt. William Snyder Jr., made the ultimate sacrifice and lost his life while fighting in France in 1945.

“Both my mother and aunt made sure I understood and respected what their cousin’s life and death meant for me and my generation,” said Trembly. “His sacrifice along with all that my mother, aunt, and the entire Trembly family offered in service to our country remains the motivation for my support of the Museum through Patriots Circle.”

Stuart Trembly of Hanover, New Hampshire, was a child of the 1950s. Growing up postwar, Trembly gained a special appreciation of World War II, as did many children whose families served in the US Armed Forces and on the Home Front. His family was deeply patriotic and instilled in him the value of service to home and country.

Trembly’s mother, Grevilda Snider Trembly, and his aunt, Cornelia Snider Yarrington (both shown in photo), were young children when the war broke out. They pitched in on the Home Front by scrapping, saving their allowances to buy war bonds, and helping out at their family’s store in the small town of Hoffman, North Carolina.

Because Hoffman was near Fort Bragg and Camp Mackall—both US Army training facilities in North Carolina that also housed German prisoner of war camps—there were many young servicemembers stationed in the area who frequently visited the Snider family store to purchase candy, cigarettes, and other items. “Our store displayed posters to warn that the enemy was always listening, and we helped watch for strangers who passed though our tiny town in

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Through the Road to Victory Capital Campaign, The National WWII Museum will tell the entire story of the American experience in World War II. When completed in 2021, this $400 million expansion project will quadruple the size of the original Museum, adding state-of-the-art program and exhibit space, libraries and archives, and collections and conservation space. An endowment campaign will provide long-term funding for educational programs, research, collection of oral histories, and future exhibitions.

Road to Victory Capital Campaign Society of American Spirit

Schubert Family TrustThe Selley FoundationService Corporation Inc.

Dignity Memorial FundMr. and Mrs. Dick SheaKaren and Leopold SherJames Sowell

In Honor of 1st Lt. Billy Z. SowellStone Energy CorporationStrake Foundation Houston, TexasMr. Jack C. TaylorThomas C. Terrell, 1st Lieutenant, 7th AFTidewater Inc.The Toler FoundationUnion Pacific FoundationBeverly Wainer in Honor of Lester WainerThe Family of Frank H. WalkWalter Oil & Gas Corporation Charitable

FundMr. and Mrs. Ted WeggelandVirginia Eason Weinmann

and Ambassador John G. WeinmannEdwin L. Wiegand TrustGovernor and Mrs. Pete WilsonFred and Kay ZeidmanAnonymous

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Louis & Elizabeth Andrewsaos architectural interiorsApogen Technologies, Inc.AT&TBattelleIn Honor of John Leighton BattsMargaret S. and Bill Benjamin

In Memory of Lt. Robert F. Spangenberg IIIMr. and Mrs. Thomas L. BlairPhilip D. Bodman, Jr. US Navy,

USS Sutton, DE77

Mr. David BoiesGen. and Mrs. Walter E. Boomer USMC (Ret.)Robert & Lenore BriskmanHarvey R. ChaplinLucille and Robert ColeCooper T. Smith CorporationCrow HoldingsCudd FoundationThe Decherd FoundationChristopher DeweyDiamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.The Dowd FoundationCarolyn Davis Fernandez

IMO Capt. Julian M. FernandezBertram E. FetterFidelity Homestead Savings BankMr. and Mrs. Alan I. FrancoFrantzen/Voelker Investments, LLCFoster FriessJeff & Debbie GorskiMr. and Mrs. Robert GardinerMarla R. GarveyMr. and Mrs. Frank A. Godchaux IIIGulf Island Fabrication Inc.In Memory of Calvin "Kelly" HaaseThe Hallett Family FoundationRon and Sandy HarrisonFrank William Harrison IIITerri and John HavensThe Hearst FoundationsIMO Sgt. John Howson Cdr. William

Howson Sr.Mr. & Mrs. K. Michael Ingram -

El Dorado HoldingsJ.C. Flowers & Co, LLCKaron and Jake JacobsScott JacobsPitch and Cathie JohnsonThe Kean Foundation Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Norman V. Kinsey

Kirkpatrick Family FundAnn & John E. Koerner IIIKoret FoundationJohn E. Kushner FamilyElaine & Ken LangoneAmbassador Howard & Gretchen LeachMrs. Dorothy W. "Dot" Lester

In Honor of George H. Lester Jr.Debra E. and Warner C. Lusardi FoundationChristy and John Mack FoundationMaersk Inc.Dr. and Mrs. Neil J. MakiMr. and Mrs. Robert ManzoThe Marco Family in Honor of Max MarcoBen A. Martinez Jr.The John J. McArdle III

& Joan Creamer McArdle FoundationMr. and Mrs. Maurice Meyer IIIMississippi Band of Choctaw IndiansDr. & Mrs. Gordon H. "Nick" MuellerMarilyn Thompson MuellerMurphy OilMusée AirborneRon and Mary NealRobert Newman FamilyNorth Family ChildrenMr. and Mrs. Joseph O'DowdThe Octavia FoundationOptimist Club of the West BankOreck Family IHO David OreckJim PattisonMr. and Mrs. Robert B. PayneJames C. PigottSusan and H. Lewis Rapaport and FamilyAudrey and Albert RatnerRecords-Johnston Family Foundation, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Rick S. ReesThe Reily FoundationMr. and Mrs. R. Randolph Richmond Jr.Mr. David Rockefeller

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Michael Rose and Debbi FieldsJelly Belly Candy Co.The Honorable Donald H. RumseldBill and Trudy RutledgeSAICSan Antonio Area FoundationPatrick Sands FamilyMr. and Mrs. Ronald SherrillMr. Robert V. SiebelSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLPPamela and Charles R. SmithWilliam A. & Madeleine Welder Smith

FoundationRichard Paul SmyersSony Corporation of AmericaSteven SpielbergStandard Mortgage CorporationThe Rich and Sue Sugden FamilyMrs. Carroll W. SuggsSun Drilling Products Corp.

IMO Leonard PipkinSycamore Management CorporationThe Gentlemen, LLCKilin & Cecilie To FoundationTroesh Family FoundationEli and Deborah TullisSari & Thomas H. TurnerMr. and Mrs. St. Denis J. VillereVT Halter Marine, Inc.Courtney & Mark E. Watson Jr.Christine WhitmanMeg WhitmanJonathan and Lindsay WilkersonAnonymous

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passing two years later. He recalls the day as a grand celebration, and never before remembers seeing so many generals and admirals in one place. He describes the event as having more stars than a planetarium, and especially cherishes the memory of joining with friends and WWII veterans John Whitehead and Hank Greenberg, who both became early supporters of the Museum.

Through a special gift made by Kalikow and his wife, Mary, they hope to ensure a successful continuation and expansion of the Museum. They are proud that their recent contribution will support the final push toward the completion of the Museum’s expanded campus, ensuring that younger generations have a permanent place to visit and see the loyalty, the pain, and the sacrifices made by what was truly the Greatest Generation.

Peter Kalikow first became involved with The National WWII Museum in 1990, when friend Stephen Ambrose asked for his help to create a D-Day museum. Without hesitation, Kalikow stepped up to provide support and became the first donor to what is today The National WWII Museum. As a WWII history enthusiast for most of his life, Kalikow’s early involvement became an inspirational and unforgettable moment.

Kalikow’s memories of World War II go as far back as childhood, when he and his mother moved to his grandparents’ house after his father left to serve in the US Marine Corps. Before his mother’s funeral decades later, he asked journalist and fellow Museum supporter Tom Brokaw whether, in addition to servicemembers, those who were on the Home Front—like his mother—were members of the “Greatest Generation.” Brokaw responded with an unequivocal “yes,” and Kalikow used this statement in his mother’s eulogy.

Of all his memories with the institution, Kalikow’s fondest one is the opening of the Museum on June 6, 2000, when he saw friend Stephen Ambrose’s dream come true before his

P E T E R A N D M A R Y K A L I K O W

Charles W. and Elizabeth D. Goodyear Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Terence E. HallAlbert and Ethel Herzstein

Charitable FoundationIMO Joseph de T. Hogan Jr., USMCIron MountainBill and Sue JohnsonJones Walker, LLPLt. Col. and Mrs. Robert E. KelsoMr. and Mrs. C. Jeffrey KnittelMr. and Mrs. John P. LabordeCoya and Frank LevyLevy Rosenblum Family FoundationLibby-Dufour FundMr. and Mrs. Kevin J. LillyDeborah G. LindsayMr. and Mrs. Robert E. Smith LupoRobert H. Malott

& Malott Family FoundationMason Family Charitable TrustThe Charles N. Mathewson FoundationJimmy & Lillian MaurinNoel and Irene McDonaldGustaf W. McIlhenny FoundationMr. and Mrs. Markham R. McKnightSuzanne and Michael MestayerMotorola Solutions FoundationMr. and Mrs. Charles W. Newhall, IIIThe Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.Northrop Grumman Corp.Michael and Patricia O'NeillMatthew & Nancy Olcott

IHO Robert S. OlcottMr. and Mrs. Richard A. PattarozziIrene W. & C.B. Pennington FoundationWinifred and Kevin P. Reilly Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Reilly Sr.William J. and Dina B. RiviereH. Britton Sanderford


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Joy and Boysie BollingerState of LouisianaUnited States Congress

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The Boeing CompanyWayne and Gladys Valley Foundation

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Richard C. Adkerson & Freeport-McMoRan Foundation

Donna and Jim BarksdaleThe Brown Foundation, Inc., of HoustonThe Duchossois FamilyGoldring/Woldenberg FoundationsMadlyn and Paul HilliardThe Doris and T.G. Solomon FamilyThe Starr FoundationFrank and Paulette Stewart

F R E E D O M

Bob & Dolores Hope FoundationCapital OneThe Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett

Brown FoundationMarjorie and Ralph E. CrumpMr. and Mrs. H. Mortimer "Tim" Favrot, Jr.Ella West Freeman FoundationHancock Whitney BankMr. and Mrs. Robert Tucker HayesHoratio Alger AssociationMyrtis L. "Jeri" NimsJennifer and Phil SatreShell Oil CompanyStonehenge CapitalTaube Philanthropies

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Annenberg FoundationBaptist Community MinistriesA. James and Alice B. Clark FoundationCollins C. Diboll Private FoundationEnhanced CapitalEntergy CorporationEnterprise Holdings FoundationMr. and Mrs. James R. Fisher Sr.,

Clarksburg, New JerseyForbes FoundationThe Alta and John Franks FoundationJudith and Louis M. FreemanPerry and Marty GranoffConrad N. Hilton FoundationJetBlue AirwaysLamar Outdoor AdvertisingPeter and Mary KalikowThe Lupin FoundationRaymond E. Mason FoundationJames S. McDonnell Family Foundation

& Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell IIINational New Markets FundPatricia, David, Elodie, Jacob,

and Albanie NierenbergOscar J. Tolmas Charitable TrustThe E.J. and Marjory B. Ourso

Family FoundationPan-American Life Insurance GroupRobert J. Patrick Family

FoundationPratt & Whitney

The Priddy Family Foundation & Carol "Kikie" and Robert Priddy

The Pritzker Military FoundationThe Robert J. Ready FamilyRicketts FamilyPam and Mark RubinKathy and Joe SandersonThe Lori and

Bobby Savoie FamilyPeggy and Carl SewellSuperior Energy Services, Inc.The Swieca FamilyEstate of Patrick F. TaylorWalmart StoresZemurray Foundation

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Lt. Commander Alden J. "Doc" Laborde, USN

The Ashner Family Evergreen Foundation

The Berger and Tiller FamiliesJames S. ChanosThe Charlie and Janette Kornman

Charitable FundFedEx CorporationFirst NBC BankGE FoundationHarrah's Entertainment, Inc.The Helis FoundationMr. and Mrs. David M. KnottIn Honor of Lt. William Mosey

& Lt. Jack HeiseLilly Endowment, Inc.The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family

Foundation, Inc.Mark P. NormanLt. and Mrs. James H. Stone

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Anne and Herschel AbbottDevon and Jackson AndersonAnne Anthony

IMO Robert J. HanburyDavid and Stephanie BarksdaleMr. Tom BensonMrs. Suzanne B. Bissell

In Honor of Major Jack R. BissellMr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Blanchard Sr.Boh FoundationThe Booth-Bricker FundMr. and Mrs. Harold J. BouillionBoyd Gaming and Treasure Chest CasinoThe Brees FamilyFrank Denius and The Cain FoundationMr. and Mrs. Joseph C. CanizaroGeorge R. CannonJudy and Jamey ClementMr. and Mrs. Thomas B. ColemanCarmen & Jim CourterMr. and Mrs. David A. CowanMr. Gordon CrawfordMr. and Mrs. A. Dano Davis and FamilyRobert A. DayMrs. Betty B. DettreDavid and Rosemarie S. DeVidoDisabled Veterans of LA Chapter 4, Inc.

& AuxiliaryMr. and Mrs. Harry A. DonovanDSF Charitable FoundationRobert and Anna EdselMr. and Mrs. Lewis M. EisenbergEMC IsilonJerry B. EpsteinCapt. John FordDathel and John GeorgesThe Gheens Foundation, Inc.Marian & Lawrence C. Gibbs

The Stephen E. Ambrose Legacy Society recognizes 150 special individuals, couples, and associations who have included The National WWII Museum in their will, trust, life insurance policy, retirement assets, or other estate plans. These Legacy gifts support our mission to preserve and share the history of the American experience during World War II.

Stephen E. Ambrose Legacy Society

Our Mission. Your Legacy.

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The 801st 492nd Bombardment Group Association

The 86th 'Black Hawk' Infantry Division Organization, Inc.

Robert J. and Maureen R. AvinaIMO and IHO Robert C. BogashCharles W. Hendershott

Craig and Lynn BardellJerilyn BatinaJustin M. BeinDavid Wesley Ewell Black, MAJ.,

USA, RetiredRobert and Lenore BriskmanCapt. Carroll CampbellMr. and Mrs. M. Clinton CannonEdward C. Casaletto, Jr.CBI Veterans-California GroupJo Ann CoreyCathy Cosenza

IMO Cpl. Louis A. Cosenza USMC WWIIDr. Sol CourtmanMr. and Mrs. Dave CowanGail P. Cox

IMO Everett A. Smith, Pvt.Leslie H. Cox

IMO 2nd Lt. Howard L. Cox, Jr, USAAC (1924-1944)

Michael CraneTom CzekanskiAllen E. Dewitt

IMO Alvin E. Dewitt Geraldine K. Dewitt

Wm. Craig DubisharDelbert R. DuckworthWalter H. Duke, Jr.Trish EubanksRoger L. FarneyCharles FaughtCol. Thomas G. FierkeCapt. John Ford

Jay H. FrankelMr. Gail "Bud" FreemanStephen Glassey

IMO Maj. John R. GlasseyG. Robert HamrdlaRobert HellmersDavid Martin HendrickStephanie Nigh HendrickEdward J. HillMadlyn and Paul HilliardNelson S. HoffmanGrace O'Connor HoganWilbur Jay HustonLouise JamesTyron JamisonByron R. Johnson

IMO Maj. Thomas R. Johnson, Jr. 1st Lt. Stewart Kenneth Johnson

Arthur JonesMr. and Mrs. Henry A. LeanderMr. Lou LinxwilerRichard and Mae LiveseyKearby LydeFrank MinichelloMark P. NormanLawrence Nothdurft

IMO Milton H. (Funny) NothdurftMr. and Mrs. Joseph O'DowdEileen OwsianyJames C. and Sheila J. Parrie

IHO Cpl. William Kenyon RAFDrs. David J. and Marti E. Peck

IMO 1st Lt. Clifford J. Peck USAAF 111th TRS - KIA Sicily 1945

Aimee PergalskyMary W. PlessLewis A. PostWilliam B. PotasnakMr. Robert PriorFrederick E. Ruccius

allowed Taube to attend Stanford University, helping lay the foundation for his future career ambitions—from real estate to his philanthropic work. As he explains, “In the minds of refugees such as myself who have been embraced by this great country, there exists a level of gratitude for the opportunities we have had that is somewhat analogous to a debt to be repaid. Some refer to it as a feeling of ‘giving back,’ but I prefer to call it wanting to ‘share opportunity.’”

Through a planned giving commitment to the Museum, Taube and his wife, Dianne, are confident that their estate plan will carry their legacy of expanding public awareness of World War II and its consequences that still impact lives today. “The Museum is a national treasure, and I encourage others to sustain its efforts through a legacy gift that will have a lasting purpose for future generations,” he said.

Tad Taube’s story with the Museum began in 2006 when he was introduced to the institution by close friend Pete Wilson, former Governor of California and current Museum Trustee. His passion for preserving and teaching history strongly connected with the Museum’s mission, and ultimately led to his recent establishment of the Taube Family Holocaust Education Program at the Museum. Through this effort, he hopes to extend the Museum’s initiatives to share the important story of the Holocaust and its ties to American history, including the US Army’s liberation of Nazi concentration camps, the Jewish American families who lost loved ones at the hands of Nazi Germany, and the survivors who relocated and rebuilt their lives in America.

Taube’s personal family history ties closely to his educational endeavors at the Museum. Born in Kraków, Poland, he escaped the country just months before the Nazi invasion of 1939, and lost a significant number of family members in the Holocaust. His parents created a new life for their family in the United States, and through hard work and perseverance, their efforts

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Urban G. RumpSaundra and Peter Spilotro

IMO Herbert H. MacknickBrian StanleyFrank and Paulette StewartTaube FamilyEdward E. ThompsonFlorence T. Upson

IMO David Richardson UpsonUSS Phaon Reunion GroupMichael B. Wanas and Karen WibrewRussell D. WarnerCherry WhitleyDr. Tryon WielandFrank G. Wilson

IMO Charles Wilson, Jr., 282 Combat Engineer Battalion

Jack Wm. WindtCol. William G. YarboroughHank ZachryAnonymous (10)

We remember with special gratitude the individuals whose Legacy gifts to The National WWII Museum have been realized.

Darleen and Donald AlexanderAnne Anthony

IMO Robert J. HanburyPatricia Ann Jean Barile

IHO her parents, Antheny A. Barlie Ethel T. Barile

John and Virginia BettencourtPamela Jeanne Brooks

IHO Aubrey J. Brooks, Jr.Waldo C. and Arabelle J. BurnettEdward P. CampDaniel CastnerRobert Oliver Cole and Lucille Bishop ColeRobert W. DannellyRichard DorneyCarolyn Davis Fernandez

IMO Capt. Julian M. FernandezNathan S. ElderErwin Charles Ellerbeck, Jr.Bertram E. FetterHenry and Audrey FontcubertaJerome GewirtzDr. Morris W. GoldbergPeter Gordon Gray and Julaine Roy GrayThaddeus GruszeckiAaron M. "Rick" HarrisJudy HarrisLawrence C. HarrisDonald A. HoffmanJackie Hollis HendersonHarry H. HowardWilliam Daniel HuddlestonMr. and Mrs. Harold P. JaffeLoren C. JohnsonSophia Kallelis

IMO her husband Theodore S. Kallelis

Paul J. KranicIMO Frank E. Kranic, MIA 1945

H. W. LayMrs. Violet S. Michaels

IMO Antony Michaels Charles R. MurrayCdr. and Mrs. Henry O'Connor, USNRMrs. Kathleen "Kayo" ParkerMr. Felicien "Gus" PerrinMr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Reilly, Sr.Noah RileyRichard J. RineboltPaul RivasGordon RosenIda M. RucklosClifford J. RutsteinHarold M. SchubertJack M. SchwartzLloyd F. ScottMrs. Kathe A. ShieldsAbraham Z. and Norma ShanzerRichard Paul SmyersMarianne K. St. Claire

IMO Col. William K. St. ClaireJames H. StoneArthur D. ThomasMargaret B. Thurlow

IMO YNCM Clinton S. Thurlow, Jr.Mark Anthony ToupsMaria TrainerEdmund M. UrbasGeorgette "Gigi" ViellionG. Paula WalterEdward J. WeberMrs. Liselotte Levy Weil

IMO Leo Levy Ferdinand Levy

Anonymous

Anne and Herschel AbbottAcadian Ambulance ServiceADS TransitionsVictor and Elaine AgatherAirbusAmerican AirlinesIrv & Bee Apatoff Foundation, Inc.AT&TThomas P. AugustAnonymous in Honor of

The Honorable Rhesa H. BarksdaleBarton Cotton Fundraising GroupBasin St. StationRichard K. BeemerBrandon and Daphne BergerBerro Family FoundationBeta Land Services, LLCMr. and Mrs. Emanuel BlesseyThe Boeing CompanyChar and Harold BouillionBourgeois Bennett LLCBourgraf Family FoundationBowen, Miclette & BrittCindy S. BoydJohn and Bonnie BoydMr. and Mrs. Ralph BrennanSamuel J. BroeThe Bruce J. Heim FoundationSue and Rusty BurnettCharles and Susan ButlerC. Jay Moorhead FoundationVivian and Richard CahnCahn Family FoundationThe Cain FoundationMerrick M. CareyLisa and Jeff CarterCenter StagingLt. Col. Henry Cervantes (Ret.)ChevronA. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation

Judy and Jamey ClementLori and Gregg CohenJim and Carmen Courter

In Honor of Jack AppelMr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Cox, Jr.Crescent Crown Distributing, LLCJim and Kathy CrouchThe Cudd FoundationDavid and Edie DarraghFrank and Janet DellaCroceDaryl E. DrakeThe Duchossois Family FoundationMichael and Emily DunleavyEBSCO IndustriesJenny and Jim Elkins Family FundEntercom RadioFabenco Founding Fathers FoundationKathleen FavrotFedEx CorporationFliesbach Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Alan I. FrancoJudith and Louis M. FreemanFreeport-McMoRanPam Davis FriedlerMr. and Mrs. Patrick GallagherMr. and Mrs. James O. GundlachTom & Carolyn HamiltonHancock Whitney BankMs. Cheryl HaspelLois and Lloyd Hawkins, Jr. FoundationMr. & Mrs. Robert Tucker HayesThe Hebrew Home at RiverdaleAdrea D. HeebeAlbert and Ethel Herzstein

Charitable FoundationSusan and Bill HessPhil HettemaMadlyn and Paul HilliardMax and Sunny Howard Memorial

Foundation

The National WWII Museum thanks the following donors, whose support makes our exhibits, educational programs, outreach initiatives, and commemorative events possible. These generous individuals and organizations help us increase understanding of the war that changed the world among people of all ages across the nation.

Program Supporters


Diane and Jerry Hudson, MDArthur E. Imperatore and NY WaterwayInfogroup Nonprofit SolutionsGayle Higgins Jones and

Victoria Vosbein McCooeyJones Walker LLPDr. and Mrs. John Patrick JordanJPMorgan Chase & Co.Nancy KahnCraig Kaplan and Anne HessLou Kennedy and Stephanie RomanEdward and Pat KingshottPeter and Jeanne KinnearKirkpatrick FoundationMr. and Mrs. John E. Koerner IIIMichael D. KuhneMr. and Mrs. John P. LabordeDr. and Mrs. William S. LaCorteLaitram, LLCCarol and Sal LalaniMr. and Mrs. H. Merritt Lane IIILatter & Blum, Inc.LeadingAgeLiskow & LewisLockton CompaniesBruce J. LoewenbergLouise H. Moffett Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Robert E. Smith LupoMagistro Family FoundationDr. and Mrs. Neil J. MakiAdair MargoMr. Ben A. Martinez, Jr.Edward C. MathesJimmy & Lillian MaurinCol. and Mrs. Craig MaysGlenda and David McCartyElise M. McDonaldEllis L. McDonaldElizabeth A. McDonald, MDWilliam C. McDonald

Markham and Scottie McKnightColonel and Mrs. Larry MeringtonJulie Grant MeyerAttila MolnarJanet and Jim MorganMorris Family FoundationMotorola Solutions FoundationMutual of AmericaNew Orleans & CompanyThe New Orleans AdvocateNew Orleans Theatre AssociationNew Orleans Tourism

Marketing CorporationJohn NicklowPatricia, David, Elodie, Jacob and

Albanie NierenbergRussell NolanNorthrop Grumman FoundationMark P. NormanThe Honorable Sam NunnOchsner Health SystemThe E.J. and Marjory B. Ourso

Family FoundationAdmiral William A. OwensDr. and Mrs. Ed PalmerPan-American Life Insurance Group, Inc.Robert J. Patrick Family FoundationPatrick F. Taylor FoundationPeoples HealthSonia PérezPilot Flying JPinnacle Entertainment, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. William S. PotterSidney Katherine PowellRobert and Kikie PriddyRay and Jessica Brandt Family FoundationPaul Reilly and Diane Atwood FamilyEdward and Helen Rhawn FundTodd Ricketts and Sylvie LégèreBill and Dina Riviere

Barbara F. RodesDr. Eduardo E. RodriguezMark RomigPam and Mark RubinThe Sample FoundationKathy and Joe SandersonDr. Bobby and Mrs. Lori SavoieMadalyn and Robert SchenkKathryn and Jeff ScurlockThe Selley FoundationPeggy and Carl SewellMr. Robert V. SiebelRichard A. Slaby, Jr.Mike and Liz SliveSolomon GroupThe Starr FoundationStemmons Enterprise, LLCStephensFrank and Paulette StewartStrake FoundationSYNCOM Space Services, LLCWilliam M. TebowThirtyNorth InvestmentsPaul and Eva ThomasThe TR Family TrustEmily Hall Tremaine Foundation (EHTF)Turner IndustriesTwo SproutsVoorsanger Mathes, LLCThe William & Anita Wahl Charitable FundGreg WelschGovernor and Mrs. Pete WilsonStuart S. Wilson, IIIWindsor Court HotelCarol B. WiseWoodRock & CompanyWoody and Gayle Hunt Family FoundationYuengling BeerAnonymous (4)

honoring only World War II. The ceremony recognizes those who share the values and spirit of the Greatest Generation and uses that commitment to keep our country a wonderful place to live and promote opportunities for all Americans. Hancock Whitney supports the American Spirit Awards because we faithfully believe in the American spirit.” This past year, the Museum honored Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg, Senator John McCain, and Gary Sinise for their outstanding achievements that reflect the values of teamwork, optimism, courage, and sacrifice and for their expression of the American spirit through the impact of their lives and work.

Hancock Whitney embraces its own set of core values to carry on the American spirit in the communities the century-old bank serves: Honor and Integrity, Strength and Stability, Commitment to Service, Teamwork, and Personal Responsibility. Hairston continues to be inspired by how the Museum, through veteran volunteers, brings to life the firsthand experiences of patriotism and spirit that rallied our entire nation to fight for freedom during the war. “What the Greatest Generation achieved has allowed every generation since to grow and prosper,” he said.

Hancock Whitney has been a champion of the Museum since its beginning as The National D-Day Museum, helping to support the institution’s capital campaign efforts. In 2005 the company became a patron of the Museum’s programmatic initiatives by sponsoring its Victory Ball. Their support later continued through sponsorship of the Museum’s 70th anniversary of D-Day on-site events in 2014 and, most recently, as the presenting sponsor of the American Spirit Awards for the past three years.

Additionally, Hancock Whitney executives have generously committed their time to serving on the Museum’s Board of Trustees as well as its committees, which help carry on the legacy the Museum celebrates. World War II also played a role in the lives of many Hancock Whitney associates and executives. Some of them served during the war or are children of WWII veterans. President and CEO John Hairston’s father, Mitch Hairston, was an ammunition loader on the USS Fletcher DD-445 in the Pacific theater.

When asked what drew Hancock Whitney to sponsoring the American Spirit Awards, Hairston said, “The American Spirit Awards are broader than

H A N C O C K W H I T N E Y

451st Bomb Squadron AssociationIn Honor of the 451st Bomb Squadron Men Who Served in World War II

Karen & Ron AdamsIHO (1) Larry & Alice Melton (2) Ron & Karen Adams

Richard C. Adkerson FamilyAECOM

In Honor of William P. Rutledge, AECOM Board of Directors

Darleen AlexanderThe Calvin and Marisa

Allen FoundationIMO Calvin R. Allen

Steven D. AlvisJohn A. McGill

Mrs. Stephen E. Ambrose(1) IHO Steve Ambrose (2) IHO Moira Ambrose

American BeagleSquadron Association(1) The American Beagle Squadron Association (2) 2nd P-15 Fighter SQ., 52 Fighter Group, 15 AF WWII

AnonymousTom Hanks

Anonymous(1) Frank D. Hopkins; Captain, USAF; 64TC-18TH Squadron (2) In Memory Of James A. Mangum

Elaine and Thomas P. AugustIHO Lt. Col. William Hale Ferguson US Army

Robert Cooley BannonMr. James L. Barksdale

IHO R. Barksdale - West Point '66

The D&P Bayly Family FoundationIHO George Vail Bayly Sr.

Agnes R. HaydenIMO Donald C. Hayden

Adrea D. Heebe IHO (1) Frederick J.R. Heebe (2) Gordon L. Bynum

Jonathan L. JacobsIn Honor of Pvt. William S. Cagan, US Army

Marvin L. JacobsDotty and Buddy Jacobs

Bill Janetschek(1) IHO James R. Fisher, Sr. (2) IMO James J. Fisher, Jr. DFC

Sue S. Janssen and Wendy Robinson In Honor of Clarence Wayne Shreve, Pacific Theater, World War II

Pat and Kelly JayJerlyn Foundation / Carolyn Holleran

(1) Charles J. Holleran (2) Walter Raymond McGonigle

Erik F. Johnsen Family FoundationIMO (1) Niels F. Johnsen (2) Anita W. Johnsen

Gayle Higgins JonesEdith Key

IHO Edith M. RubrightCarl LaGrotteria

IMO Vincenzo LaGrotteriaWilliam P. Lanigan

IHO John Lanigan Sr.Jean and Steven Lee

(1) Quincy J. Lee Austin, Texas (2) Zachry S. Lee San Antonio, Texas (3) Travis M. Lee Boston, Massachusetts

John LesethIMO Trygve A. Leseth

John and Gail Liebes TrustThe John Liebes Family

Kevin LillyIHO Lt. Trevor Rees-Jones, USN

The National WWII Museum thanks the following donors for purchasing a seat in the Solomon Victory Theater to honor or remember a family member, personal friend, or organization. An engraved plaque has been permanently affixed to the arm of the purchased seat to recognize the contribution. Such support helps preserve the stories of World War II for future generations in this one-of-a-kind theater.

Solomon Victory Theater Seat Donors

Deborah G. LindsayIMO (1) Harry John Grosser, USAA (2) William F. Grosser, USAF (3) Robert S. Lindsay, USN (4) Forrest Villarrubia, US Marine PTO (5) Tom Blakey 1920-2015 D-Day Veteran 82 Airborne (6) Bert Stolier US Marines PTO 2nd Division

Louise H. Moffett Family FoundationJ. Moffett Family Foundation

Lupin FoundationMadison/Querbes Family

IMO CAPT C.W. Robinson, Jr.Ben A. Martinez Jr.

(1) IHO Ben A. Martinez, Jr. (2) IHO Urban "UB" Martinez (3) IHO John William Water (4) IHO William J. Wegman (5) IHO Jose D. Martinez (6) IHO John L. Martinez (7) IHO Frank H. Roark Jr.

Col. and Mrs. David F. MatthewsIMO Col C. Fort Matthews

Mark A. MayerPeter A. Mayer Advertising

James R. McCabeCol. John R. "Packy" Roche, USAAF-USAF

Mr. and Mrs. Paul C.P. McIlhennyIMO (1) Armond K. Goodwin (2) Paul W. McIlhenny

Candy McKeyIHO Dr. John D. McKey Sr.

Arthur J. MooreArthur J. Moore 29th Infantry

Michael A. MorrisJacqueline Morris

Lorise N. Naquin(1) IMO Irvin and Angel Templet (2) IHO Lorise and Lucy Naquin

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Newhall IIIIHO (1) Adair B. Newhall (2) C. Ashton Newhall

Robert P. NimtzIn Memory of Paul Nimtz, Ray Eilenfeldt

James P. NollIn Memory of Loren Clyde Johnson, Archaeologist Newport, MN

Vickie and Ron NorickIHO James H. Norick, USN

Mark P. NormanIMO Mark W. Norman

The Peevy FamilyIMO Virgil Edwin Peevy

George A. Pontikes Jr.IHO General Michael P. Cokinos

B.E. Quinn IIIIHO Joseph N. Tolle

Toska and Barry Quinnies(1) Toska Quinnies (2) Barry Quinnies

Barbara L. RichardsonIHO (1) Dewey Tillman Lisenbee, Pacific Theater, US Marine Corp (2) Samuel Benjamin Lisenbee, Pacific Theater, US Marine Corp (3) Lee Roy Lisenbee, Pacific Theater, US Marine Corp (4) L.C. Lisenbee, Pacific Theater, US Marine Corp

Patrice K. RichardsonIMO a True American, Captain EW Richardson, B24 Pilot and POW

Todd RickettsBruno S. Rinas

IHO of Bruno S. RinasRex and Helen Ritchie

Walter Harris, WWII 17th Airborne Div Oakwood, Ohio

Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Rockefeller Sr.IHO (1) Laurance S. Rockefeller, US Navy (2) Edward Tipper D-Day 101st Airborne Div

Martin and Joan Rosen FoundationIHO Leon and Martin Rosen NY Leon Rosen, Bombardier Pacific Martin Rosen, Army, Europe and Pacific

Rotary Club of MetairieRotary Club of the Westbank Foundation

Rotary Westbank/Gretna, LABill and Trudy Rutledge

(1) Bill Rutledge (2) Trudy Rutledge

Christine Greeley SchallesIHO US Marine Corps., Lt. Col. Robert W. Greeley, Wake IS POW 1941-1945

Gwen SchneiderIHO Bruce F. Schneider WWII Veteran

Edward H. SchulzIMO Bunnie Schulz Bullard, TX

John SellingHarry Selling DOB 5-29-20, B-17 Pilot Shot Down, POW, Dad and Hero Loved By All

The Wilson Sexton FoundationIMO John T. Sexton WWI

DeeDee and Eliot SimonIMO (1) Norman Simon (2) Donald J. Wingbermuehle

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLPIMO Joseph H. Flom

Pamela and Charles R. SmithIHO Charles R. Smith

Daniel D. SmithIMO Commander Walter F. Smith, US Navy

Theodore G. Solomon Sr. and Doris Carwie Solomon (1) Theodore G. Solomon, Sr. (2) Doris Carwie Solomon


Emilia SoltisIMO Joseph Steven Soltis USN

Frank & Paulette StewartPaul Tagliabue

IHO Italo RancanPatrick F. Taylor Foundation

IHO Buddy Jacobs“The Roomies”

IHO Suzy and John GrahamDorothy E. (Betty) Thomas

IMO William Fred ThomasTime-Life BooksMarvin D. Toombs

IMO (1) Jean & Marvin Toombs, VA (2) Carolyn & Jerry Hatfield

Ken ValachIHO Harold Mgrublian

David R. VoelkerIHO Virginia W. Voelker

Mrs. Donald Lyon WhiteIn Memory of Her Husband

National Association of Wholesale-DistributorsIHO Governor Pete Wilson

Squadron, 4th Calvary Regiment. Later in life, the Purple Heart recipient took it upon himself to write a book of his experiences during World War II for his children and grandchildren. He knew it was vital to share the importance of freedom. O’Neill and the Museum are proud to honor Blass and other WWII veterans within the Solomon Victory Theater.

Connie O’Neill first became involved with The National WWII Museum after hearing a presentation at the Dallas Woman’s Club in 2015. “I was so incredibly impressed that I wanted to honor my father with a gift to the Museum,” she said. To celebrate the birthday of her father, a WWII veteran, O’Neill purchased a commemorative brick in his honor. Only after telling him of her gift did she learn he was one of the founding donors to The National D-Day Museum.

O’Neill is committed to expanding the Museum’s educational mission so that younger generations can learn about the importance of the war. “It is critical that we continue to tell the story of World War II to our children and generations to come,” she said. “We bury all of this knowledge each time we lose a veteran, so we need to move quickly to gather what we can from who we can.” By sponsoring a seat in the Museum’s Solomon Victory Theater, home to the extraordinary 4D experience Beyond All Boundaries, O’Neill has taken an active role in supporting that mission.

Her personal hero and father, 1st Lt. Gus Blass (see photo) served in the 24th Reconnaissance

C O N N I E O ’ N E I L L

Mr. Dan DeVitoIMO Joe DeVito

John A. DrewsIHO Frank Kelly KIA 1945

Robert Edsel(1) A. Ray Edsel (2) Norma L. Edsel (3) Marilyn F. Wright (4) Ron B. Wright

Mr. and Mrs. H. Mortimer "Tim" Favrot Jr.IHO (1) Kay and Tim Favrot (2) Kelsey Bradley Favrot

Finnegan HendersonJohn H. Von Der Bruegge Jr, Operation Varsity 513 PIR, From Finnegan Henderson

Eleanor J. FoxLt. Col. Lews V. Smith US Army, Birthplace: Spiro, Oklahoma

Frezza Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. John J. Frezza, In Honor of Our WWII Veterans

Mr. James J. Frischhertz / FrischhertzElectric Company IHO B.C. Frischhertz Sr.

Howard C. GainesIMO Maj. G. Clark Gaines

Judith GalvachIHO Eugene B Gossnickle

Larry and Marla GarveyLawrence D. and Marla Garvey

H. Ward Lay FoundationJoseph W. Geary 15th Air Force, 450th Bomb Group Sq. 721

General Electric CompanyHare Family Foundation

IMO Henry Harold HareKeith Hawkins

IHO Charles Doran Fretz

Jean C. & Michael D. BeckmanIHO (1) Fritz L. Beckman (2) Thomas A. Wilson

Scott BeninatoIHO S. Sgt. Peter Beninato

Mrs. Adelaide Benjamin(1) Edward B. Benjamin Jr. (2) William Bell Wisdom

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Blass Foundation TrustIn Honor of 1st Lt. Gus Blass II, 24th Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Calvary Group

Bob and Dee BoozerSusan Gore Brennan

IMO (1) Kathryn Briede Gore (2) Dr. Benjamin Cromwell Gore

Robert and Lenore BriskmanIHO (1) Robert Berman, Bomber Shot Down Over Hump (2) Burton Gwirtzman, Battle of the Bulge Heroic Medic

Samuel J. BroeIMO Thomas G. Ferris, Navy

Zelda and Richard CarnerIHO 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron

Chalmette VFW Post 3706CMDR. Steve Mainville 1954 to 2017

Hans ChristensenG. William Christensen, Army Air Corps

Don Kennedy CloverDon Kennedy Clover, WWII 82nd ABN 507 PIR, Silent Courage

James A. CourterIHO Carmen Courter

Cudd FoundationMr. and Mrs. A. Dano Davis

IHO Charles Douglas Gholson Jr.Mr. Demo Kouzounis

Financials

2 0 1 8 A N N U A L R E P O R T 6 36 2

A S S E T S S U P P O R T A N D R E V E N U E S

E X P E N S E SL I A B I L I T I E S

N E T A S S E T S

C H A N G E S I N N E T A S S E T S

N E T A S S E T S

2 0 1 8 2 0 1 8 2 0 1 7

Unrestricted PermanentlyRestricted

2 0 1 7

Temporarily Restricted

Totals Totals

C O N S O L I D A T E D S T A T E M E N T O F F I N A N C I A L P O S I T I O N C O N S O L I D A T E D S T A T E M E N T O F A C T I V I T I E S A N D C H A N G E S I N N E T A S S E T S

The National World War II Museum, Inc. and Subsidiaries New Orleans, Louisiana

June 30, 2018 (with comparative totals for 2017)

The National World War II Museum, Inc. and SubsidiariesNew Orleans, Louisiana

For the year ended June 30, 2018 (with comparative totals for 2017)

Cash and cash equivalentsInvestmentsUnconditional promises to give:

Capital Campaign, net of allowancesEndowment, net of allowancesOther, net of allowances

Notes receivableGift shop inventoryOther assetsProperty and equipment,

net of accumulated depreciationCollections

Total Assets

GrantsContributions:

Capital CampaignEndowmentOther

Tax credit incentivesMembershipsAdmissionsFacilities and property rentalSponsored events and conferencesGift shopInvestment incomeSponsorshipsMiscellaneousNet assets released from restrictions

Total Support and Revenues

Capital Campaign fundraisingand other

DepreciationFundraisingGeneral and administrativeGift shop merchandise soldInterest — amortizedInterest — otherMuseum expansionPrograms and operations —

personnel costsPrograms and operations —

other costs

Total Expenses

Accounts payable tradeConstruction projects payableAccrued expensesDeferred revenueLine of creditNotes payable

Total Liabilities

Unrestricted:Board designatedUndesignated

Total Unrestricted Net Assets

Temporarily restrictedPermanently restricted

Total Net Assets

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

Beginning of Year

End of Year

52,304,314

2O,890,402

13,301,268

3,446,064

1,638,699

13,138,530

834,643

7,039,557

194,226,125

13,062,884

319,882,486

237,433

1,000,000

3,395,007

500,000

10,709,142

18,309,062

1,634,685

12,818,490

3,709,640

1,912,544

207,280

1,099,581

22,538,973

78,071,837

2,111,751

2,111,751

1,822,577

8,139,025

2,605,931

4,279,765

1,890,682

271,221

474,356

1,196,654

13,748,571

24,009,406

58,438,188

19,633,649

220,228,529

239,862,178

2,111,751

16,821,365

18,933,116

2,813,187

3,788,423

2,959,782

6,810,277

1,908,672

22,341,652

40,621,993

29,217,653

210,644,525

239,862,178

20,465,199

18,933,116

279,260,493

319,882,486

44,842,627

2O,4OO,82O

17,O9O,815

2,39O,165

1,228,676

12,819,876

665,O41

3,929,352

173,872,O3O

12,564,559

289,8O3,961

4,724,191

12,607,609

910,023

968,058

620,694

4,961,624

12,607,609

3,111,751

4,305,030

500,000

10,709,142

18,309,062

1,634,685

13,786,548

3,709,640

2,533,238

207,280

1,099,581

77,475,190

23,173,597

20,465,199

1,822,577

8,139,025

2,605,931

4,279,765

1,890,682

271,221

474,356

1,196,654

13,748,571

24,009,406

58,438,188

19,037,002

260,223,491

279,260,493

7,969,350

212,259,179

220,228,529

23,173,597

16,821,365

260,223,491

289,803,961

(22,538,973)

(2,708,398)

(2,708,398)

1,928,478

1,599,75O

1,795,1O2

3,O18,614

3,652,185

17,586,341

29,58O,47O

16,O55,825

18,936,O81

322,673

3,988,792

6,636

1O,213,245

15,874,388

2,485,884

5,728,71O

3,375,51O

3,426,O31

267,25O

1,O63,995

81,745,O2O

1,928,28O

7,728,O44

3,O6O,967

3,727,369

1,7O2,676

271,221

559,235

1,14O,3O1

11,379,761

16,386,938

47,884,792

33,86O,228

226,363,263

26O,223,491


Female “chippers” remove weld excess at the Marinship Corporation shipyards near San Francisco, 1942.

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